Diego was born in Los Angeles, CA to an actress/model mother and an economist father. Diego was raised Mormon in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. After barely graduating high school Diego attended Dixie Junior College in St. George, Utah. After his freshman year of college, Diego volunteered to serve a Mormon mission in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After learning Spanish and completing his mission, Diego returned home and finished his education at Southern Utah University.

Diego eventually moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico to pursue a Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies. Upon graduation, Diego was hired as an adjunct professor of Spanish at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), a position he still holds today.

From 2001-2012 Diego worked nights as a bouncer in multiple bars in downtown Albuquerque. It was while working the door in 2001 that he was approached by a local photographer, Val Hollingsworth, about working as model. Diego participated in multiple campaigns over the next several years. Later, in 2007, while working in a different bar, a friend of Val Hollingsworth approached Diego about auditioning for the feature film “Trade” starring Kevin Kline. Local casting directors were looking for an imposing white man who was bilingual to play the role of Alex Green. Diego agreed to audition and “crashed and burned epically” during the audition. However, this experience initiated Diego’s acting career. Diego immediately enrolled in multiple acting and theater classes at CNM. He also began working as an extra and started auditioning for student film projects.

Over the next several years Diego appeared in scenes with Kevin Costner, Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, and worked as a stand-in for Billy Zane. Diego also began to appear in regional theater and many local independent productions. In 2019 Diego moved to Mexico City, Mexico (CDMX) to further his modeling and acting career. Since moving to CDMX Diego has represented international brands such as Levis, BMW, Pieles Hansen, Merkaba, 1.8 Takamura, Liverpool, and has appeared in fashion magazines: Hibrido, Izzos, Revista Imagines, Itsajess Magazine, Cerbervs, Opium Red, as well as, GQ Magazine.

In 2020 Diego wrote and co-starred alongside Areliz Benel in the web series “LSD y la Cuarentena” (LSD and the Quarantine) and co-wrote the screenplay “La Pinateria” with Fernando Gaviria. In 2021 Diego co-wrote and starred in the Mexican web series comedy “Rumis” and appeared in several episodes of the telenovela “Parientes a la Fuerza” on Telemundo.