Tran, a 26-year-old doctor assistant scholar based mostly in Miami, was introduced because the main woman of season 21 of “The Bachelorette” in June, making her the primary Asian-American lady to steer the spinoff.
“I really feel so, so grateful and so honored to be the primary Asian Bachelorette on this franchise,” she mentioned through the “After the Last Rose” section following the “Bachelor” finale. “Rising up, I’ve at all times needed to see Asian illustration on TV and I really feel prefer it was actually sparse.”
“To be right here at present sitting on this place being like, I’m going to steer my very own love story, I’m going to be the principle character in my story — I simply cannot assist however consider how many individuals I am inspiring and what number of lives I’m altering,” Jenn, whose household is Vietnamese, added.
Though Bachelor Nation received to know Jenn a bit on “The Bachelor,” she teased that there is “so much that you do not know about me but.”
“However you are simply gonna have to observe to see,” she mentioned.
Forward of the season 21 premiere, this is what to find out about Jenn.
She put her profession on maintain with a view to seem on ‘The Bachelor’
Jenn graduated from the College of Wisconsin—Madison in Might 2020 with a bachelor’s diploma in molecular biology. Throughout her time on the college, she served because the Purple Costume Chairman for Alpha Phi Basis and arranged a fundraising gala that raised greater than $30,000 for ladies’s cardiovascular well being.
In response to her LinkedIn profile, she plans to pursue a profession as a doctor assistant. However her targets shifted when she was forged on ABC’s hit actuality TV present.
As Jenn defined in a video posted on Instagram in February, she did not drop out of college with a view to compete on “The Bachelor.” As an alternative, she requested her college for permission and was capable of come to an settlement concerning her two-and-a-half-year program.
Jenn loves touring
Jenn has traveled the world and documented her experiences on Instagram. She’s visited locations like Greece, Italy, and the Bahamas.
She fosters cats and kittens
In January, Jenn posted a sequence of photographs on Instagram displaying the cats she fostered in 2023, from striped ginger felines to all-black kittens. Her latest foster cat is a black kitten that she’s named Peter Parker.
Jenn is a Swiftie
Jenn attended one in all Taylor Swift’s live shows at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts in Might as a part of the musician’s Eras Tour.
She’s seen the Jonas Brothers in live performance, too. Per her “Bachelor” bio, Shawn Mendes’ music often makes her cry.
“The Bachelorette” season 21 premieres on Monday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Episodes stream the subsequent day on Hulu.
