While Dias was in 6th grade, in November 2015, she launched a campaign called #1000BlackGirlBooks to collect 1,000 books with black female protagonists to donate for black girls at other schools in the U.S. Dias, named after reggae singer Bob Marley,[1] is of Jamaican and Cape Verdean descent.

[3] When Dias was age 11, she complained to her mother that all of her mandatory readings were books about white boys and dogs.

[9] She interviewed people like Misty Copeland, Ava DuVernay, and Hillary Clinton for Elle.com in her capacity as editor of the online Elle-sponsored 'zine, Marley Mag.

[10] Dias hosted her first Netflix show that was revealed in September called "Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices".

[11] "Dias serves as the host and executive producer of the series, whose books and conversations center on themes of identity, respect, justice and action.