Diego was born in Austin to parents from Puerto Rico and Spain. He graduated from Yale University in 2023, with honors in Art and Cognitive Science, and was awarded the Sudler Prize for the Creative Arts at commencement. Other formative experiences include a residency at the Norfolk School of Art, archaeological research on the Ancient Maya in Belize (Gurney Fellowship 2022), and a study of Japan’s gardens (William Hotchkiss Fellowship 2023). 

Diego’s work is focused on site-specificity, the natural world, and how humans relate through the manipulation of space. Some of his works are of immense scale, snow or grass tracks of several kilometers. Others fit in the palm of a hand.