Who is Jenn Tran, the first Asian-American Bachelorette? She appeared in The Bachelor and failed to find love after putting her career on hold – but will return to lead season 21 of the spin-off

“I feel so, so grateful and so honoured to be the first Asian Bachelorette in this franchise,” she said during the “After the Final Rose” segment following the Bachelor finale. “Growing up, I’ve always wanted to see Asian representation on TV and I feel like it was really sparse.”

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“To be here today sitting in this position being like, I am going to lead my own love story, I am going to be the main character in my story – I just can’t help but think of how many people I’m inspiring and how many lives I am changing,” Tran, whose family is Vietnamese, added.

Although Bachelor Nation got to know Tran a bit on The Bachelor, she teased that there’s “a lot that you don’t know about me yet”.

“But you’re just gonna have to watch to see,” she said.

Ahead of the season 21 premiere in July, here’s what to know about Tran.

Jenn Tran put her career on hold to appear on The Bachelor

Tran graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology. During her time at the university, she served as the Red Dress chairman for Alpha Phi Foundation and organised a fundraising gala that raised more than US$30,000 for women’s cardiovascular health.

Per her LinkedIn profile, she plans on pursuing a career as a physician assistant. But her goals shifted when she was cast on ABC’s hit reality TV show.

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As Tran explained in a video posted on Instagram in February, she didn’t drop out of school to compete on here