Tyler is a firm believer in the American dream as his life is a testimony to it. Raised by a single mother and later adopted by a step-father, his childhood family subsisted at times on food stamps. Tyler worked his way through high school and college, graduated from U.C. Berkeley in just over 3 years and since has launched and run several successful mortgage finance companies while too serving as a minister / pastor on behalf of the church. Above all he is a devoted father, husband, patriot, and bond-servant of Jesus Christ.