Diaz was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Billie (née Early), an import-export agent, and Emilio Diaz (1949-2008), who worked for the California oil company UNOCAL for twenty plus years, as a Field Gauger, and in the pipeline department, until he retired in 1998.
Her father was a second-generation Cuban American whose family came from Spain via Cuba. Then her grandparents settled in Tampa's Ybor City.
While her mother is of English and German and Cherokee ancestry.
She has one older sister, Chimene Diaz, (born June 5, 1970, San Diego).
She attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School at the same time as rapper Snoop Dogg.
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