About Me

 My Name Is Jake, I am a psychology Major with a minor in tourism, recreation, and adventure leadership at Oregon State Cascades in Bend. I grew up in the beach town of Half Moon Bay, California. It's right in between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. I now live here in Bend and love the change from the beach to the mountains. I took one interpersonal communication class here at Cascades and I definitely liked it. I primarily use Instagram and Discord for my online communications. Instagram allows me to keep all of my friends up to date on what is happening in my life by posting slides and stories that they can watch. I use Discord to talk in groups with my friends from back home while we play videogames, and to stream movies to the group for watch parties. One interesting fact about me is that I caught 7 species of freshwater fish in and around Bend in one day last week. Attached bellow are a piece of cut art I made of a Spawning Salmon, and a link to a post I recently made on Instagram. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHzupQVRXk0/

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