Tino Franco is competing for Rachel Recchia's heart on The Bachelorette's nineteenth season, and she's about to meet his family.
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Tino received Rachel's First Impression Rose on Night 1, and he's been focused on winning her heart ever since. Meanwhile, Rachel has seemingly set her eyes on Tino, and she appears smitten with him.
Tino also won the group date in Amsterdam in which several men were required to lift heavy cheese wheels for as long as they possibly could.
Tino, however, became insecure and began doubting his connection with the flight instructor when Rachel denied him the group-date rose in Amsterdam.
Tino felt he was opening up and being more vulnerable than ever, and the alleged lack of reassurance and validation from Rachel upset him. Tino then received the last-available rose at the Rose Ceremony which preceded the men's hometown dates.
Are Rachel's feelings growing stronger for another man or has it been Tino all along?
Until viewers can watch more of Rachel and Tino's relationship progress on the show, let's learn five facts about this The Bachelorette suitor.
Below are five facts Reality TV World has compiled about Tino Franco.
"Tino" is just his nickname!
Tino is short for Justino Phillip "Tino" Franco.The general contractor currently works as an assistant project manager for AECOM Hunt. Before that, he was a project engineer .
Tino previously held down jobs as a wastewater engineer.
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Tino says he is a go-with-the-flow kind of guy
Tino enjoys reading the Wall Street Journal and dreams of going surfing in Bali one day.Ninety percent of Tino's diet is meat, and when he's not out surfing, he's probably cycling, camping or giving his family dog affection. He is a very active guy who has also run marathons before.
The Bachelorette suitor works hard to give back to his community
Tino wants to find someone who will work to make the world a better place alongside him.Tino is actively involved with the nonprofit Ronald McDonald House. More specifically, he works with Camp Ronald McDonald, a free summer camp for children with cancer as well as their siblings and parents.
Camp Ronald McDonald apparently helped Tino's younger brother when he was diagnosed with leukemia many years ago. (Tino's brother has apparently been healthy for over a decade now).
Tino wrote in September 2019 how the camp "came up big" for his family, and he dubbed the organization "an incredible community of comfort and love."
Tino also volunteered for the Habitat for Humanity Los Angeles for two years beginning in 2019.
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Tino graduated from college in California with honors
Tino graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering. His primary focus was hydrology, conveyance and process methods.While in school, Tino was a member of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity. He made Dean's list in Spring 2015 and was also a member of the Latino Alumni Association and Noyce Scholarship Association.
The Bachelorette frontrunner says family is everything to him
Tino desires a meaningful connection that will set the groundwork for him and his future wife to be great parents because, for Tino, family is everything.Tino wants four children, and he said he's ready to put everything into building "something real" with Rachel.
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