Tim Herd is a currently a Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed) graduate student of the University of Pennsylvania, and a recent December 2019 graduate at Michigan State University who graduated with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. Herd founded his own mentoring organization in 2017, titled Rising Black Men, which was the 2017-18 MSU Student Organization of the Year. Herd has also received numerous awards and acknowledgements for his community activism and research.