Dias was born and raised in Linden, New Jersey,[1] where he attended Linden High School.[5] He majored in music education at Westminster Choir College, a music conservatory affiliated with Rider University in Princeton, which he attended from 2001 to 2003,[1] and then continued his undergraduate education at Seton Hall University.[5] Dias, who was openly gay, was cast in season 13 of MTV's Road Rules while he was still attending college.[1][4]Road Rules: X-Treme, which was filmed in an RV in Argentina and Chile, aired in 2004.[2] The season cast included Dias, as well as Derrick Kosinski, Jodi Weatherton, Ibis Nieves, Kina Dean, and Patrick Maloney.[1] However, Dias was voted out in Episode 6 as a punishment for losing a mission and was replaced by Nick Haggart.
Following his time on Road Rules, Dias studied acting and worked in finance.[3] He also become an AIDS activist and co-founded the research charity, Generation Cure.[3][2]
Death
Dias was found unconscious at his Flushing Avenue apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn,[6] on June 4, 2017, at the age of 34.[2] Friends had reportedly not reached him for two days.[3] He was pronounced dead by authorities at approximately 5 p.m., though a cause of death was initially unknown.[1][3][2]
^ abGacser, Ava. "Road: Living on the edge", Home News Tribune, July 4, 2004. Accessed December 25, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "I had a bit of a rough childhood, and I think that kind of 3 MTV out at 10 MTV viewers will find adds to my character," Dias says, referring to life growing up in Linden with his single mother. As a Linden High School student, he played flute in the marching band and sang in the choir. After a two-year stint at Westminster Choir College and some time at Seton Hall University, he's a few semesters shy of graduating college."