Her father is Dominican and her mother is Puerto Rican. Tia lived in fourteen different states while growing up. She lost her virginity at age 15. Tia worked in various sales positions and as a vet technician at an animal hospital in Kansas City, Missouri prior to starting out in the adult industry as a dancer at a gentleman's club in downtown Missouri. In 2009 Tia Cyrus moved to LA to pursue a career in porn. She began performing in explicit hardcore movies in 2010. In 2015, Tia Cyrus had breast augmentation surgery that increased her cup size from B to DD.