Who is The Bachelorette season 21 star Jenn Tran? Age, career, and more explored
The Bachelorette season 21 debuted on Monday, July 8. Jenn Tran became the first Asian-American Bachelorette on the successful ABC dating show.
Tran entered the show expecting to discover true love. For those unfamiliar, the show's structure allows the single female to mingle with and date many men to determine who she has the strongest connection with. The Bachelorette season 21 synopsis states:
"In her quest to find true love, a single woman gets a chance to date various men over a period of several weeks and decide whom she will marry."
Being the first Asian American Bachelorette put Tran under pressure, which she described as a historic event in an interview with USA TODAY. She understood the importance of her contribution to inclusivity and change.
More about The Bachelorette season 21 star Jenn Tran
Jenn Tran was born on 24 November 1997, in Hillsdale, New Jersey, United States. Jenn's family heritage is Vietnamese, and she is bilingual. Her mother came from Vietnam.
The 26-year-old physician assistant student from Miami graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May 2020 with a bachelor's degree in molecular biology.
During her tenure at the institution, she was the Red Dress Chairman for the Alpha Phi Foundation and arranged a fundraising banquet that raised over $30,000 for women's cardiovascular health.
According to her LinkedIn page, she hopes to work as a medical assistant. Her aspirations, however, transformed when she was cast in ABC's hit reality show.
In a February Instagram video, Jenn Trann said she did not drop out of school to compete on The Bachelorette. Instead, she sought her school's permission and reached an agreement on her two-and-a-half-year curriculum.
While Jenn Trann is passionate about working in health care, she is also ready to prioritize finding love. Jenn is still looking for a partner who is as trustworthy and thoughtful as she is.
“I’m looking for someone who has a really big personality, I’m all about having fun; I’m all about having that cheeky banter,” Jenn said.
Fun Facts about The Bachelorette season 21 star Jenn Tran
The biographical information about the participants was provided by the ABC network. Jenn Trann was one of the finalists, and her bio stood in line to make it to the top of the list of the most impressive bios.
Jenn enjoys reading interesting storybooks such as "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo," and she believes in the existence of aliens, always carrying ChapStick. She often cries while listening to Shawn Mendes.
The Bachelorette star loves to travel and has documented her adventures on Instagram. She has visited Greece, Italy and the Bahamas.
Jenn also fosters cats and kittens. She shared a series of Instagram images in January of the cats she fostered in 2023, which ranged from striped ginger felines to all-black kittens. Her most recent foster cat is a black kitten named Peter Parker.
The Bachelorette airs every Monday at 8 pm ET on ABC.