Tyler was born in Jackson, MS, and raised by two working-class parents. He began working on roofs with his father at the age of 14. He learned the art of political organizing from his grandparents, who were children of tenant farmers from the Mississippi Delta.

 

Tyler was the first to graduate college in his family.  He then founded his own small business right here in Tampa. With a passion for ending food insecurity, Tyler helped organize community food banks and mutual aid efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tyler will serve the people, not special interests.