Tyler is a PhD student at National Chengchi University and the chairman of UBI Taiwan. He established UBI Taiwan in 2016 when he began planning the first ever Basic Income Asia Pacific conference at NCCU. Tyler was previously a research assistant for the U.S. State Department on global Artificial Intelligence trends. As a former national and state champion in debate, journalism, and public speaking himself, Tyler has coached high school and middle school national champions in policy debate and public forum debate.

In 2018, Tyler received his MA from NCCU in Asia Pacific Studies as part of the U.S. State Department Fulbright Scholarship. He received honors degrees in Economics, International Affairs, and Asian Religions and Cultures at Western Kentucky University, and a certificate in Chinese from the U.S. Department of Defense's Chinese Flagship program.