Recently graduated with my MS in Molecular Biology from Oklahoma State University, originally from rural California. I am very new to San Francisco, so while technically a “local” please don’t expect that I’ll know everything about this city! Unfortunately I have 4 housemates at the moment and can’t host travelers, but hopefully this will change at some point in the near future :)

Though I do not yet have any experience hosting couchsurfers, I have a lot of experience sharing rooms with yearlong exchange students as a host brother. My family has hosted two students from Armenia, one from Ukraine, one from Georgia and one from Serbia through my high school/college years. So I guess this could count as paying it forward to the world for now.

My Instagram is @jacobburchkonda where you can confirm that I am, in fact, a real person.

Update: I managed to attend my first couple CS meetups while I was traveling through Antalya and Tbilisi earlier this year. I hope that many more will be in my future!

This is my first winter with an Ikon pass so I’m looking forward to using it as much as I can

Interests

• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• skiing and snowboarding

Music, Movies, and Books

I’m a big fan of discovering music through NPR tiny desk. I’ve also followed Eurovision as a guilty pleasure for years and often watch the older editions

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Lived in Turkey and Azerbaijan as an exchange student

- Have visited 35 of the 50 US states so I like to consider myself decently knowledgeable of my home country

What I Can Share with Hosts

Some great conversation! I love meeting locals wherever I go and will be so curious to hear about what makes your area awesome.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Canada, England, France, Georgia, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Serbia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Azerbaijan, Turkey, United States