Born in New Castle County, Delaware (USA), Tyelor Farmer graduated with an Associate's Degree in Criminal Justice from Delaware Technical Community College in 2016 and then earned a professional Bachelor of Architectural Studies (B.A.S) from Drexel University in 2023. During his time in school, he worked in both fields of study, garnering a deeper understanding and appreciation of the systems at play that govern why the American legal system operates within the boundaries it does, as well as the dynamics between the justice system and the public and how home and urban environments affect those relations. It was these experiences that inspired him to begin working with Breckstone Architecture in 2016, which partnered with non-profit organizations to build and restore homes within historic black-owned neighborhoods in Wilmington, Delaware. From there, Tyelor furthered his experience with Tevebaugh Architecture, working in high-end commercial office and municipal projects for private clients, the State of Delaware, and the City of Wilmington from 2018-2024. Throughout his various professional endeavours, Tyelor has acquired extensive experience in all aspects of architectural design and production, including construction drawings and building envelope design.
Using both experiences he gathered, he centred his B.A.S. thesis on creating an Urban Development and Multicultural Center within the Navajo Nation to create a new environment for the Southwest Natives of America developing a new framework of planning and architecture. The project sought to bring an uplifting environment that harkened on the values and needs of the Navajo people such as cultural perpetuity, community actualization, and self-actualization, while also diving into the history of the Navajo, Hopi, Hohokum, Anasazi, and its relations to the Aztec and South American counterparts that helped shape the Southwest region of America today.
Tyelor's heritage is of African American, French and German, and The Confederation of Sovereign Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe with relations to the Turtle Clan of the Mitsawokettes of Sussex County Delaware.