cameron diaz was born in san diego, california. her mother, billie joann (née early), is an import-export agent. her father, emilio luis diaz (1949–2008), worked for the california oil company unocal for more than 20 years as a field gauger. diaz has an older sister, chimene. her father's family were cubans, and settled in tampa's ybor city, later moving to california, where emilio was born. her mother has english, german, and scots-irish ancestry. diaz was raised in long beach, california.