Herschelle Tieties is a 28-year-old, Colored, South African male who is low vision and requires glasses. He completed his matric in 2007 at Athlone School for the Blind and obtained qualifications in computer skills and end-user computing in 2014 from Cape Town Society for the Blind. He has worked in general administration at Syntell since 2015 and did an administrative learnership there from 2014-2015, as well as previous work as a florist packer and co-driver at Oakvalley Estate from 2007-2013. His references are from current and past employers Syntell, Oakvalley Estate, and Teewaterskloof Traffic Department.