Elidet Reyes, born and raised in Ventura County, has been volunteering since she was a senior in high school. After attending FIDM in Los Angeles and studying Product Development, she returned to Oxnard College to study journalism and marketing.
She comes from an online savvy family of entrepreneurs. Her older brother, Edgar Reyes, is a self employed media consultant who travels frequently to Japan. Her younger brother quit his banking management position to focus on the eBay business he has had for years. Her father also runs a bilingual website, NoriaZac.com, which was recently honored by local government officials in Mexico.
She is an advocate against drunk driving and was known for always telling her friends that it was "cheaper to call a cab than get a DUI." Later, she introduced it as a campaign named "Call your D.A.D.-Designate A Driver" to take her motto to the next level. Along with her brother Edgar, she designed bumper stickers while donating profits to drinking prevention programs. It is currently in the works to take it nation wide.
Social Media
Elidet is no stranger when it comes to social justice on the internet. In 2004, along with 805hiphop.com, & Mad.Face Marketing, she organized a hip hop fundraiser for the tsunami victims. The majority of the event was organized online, including the booking of the location of the Conga Room, which was owned by Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Smits and Paul Rodriguez. Money raised was donated to the Red Cross.
Featured performers included Terminal Madness, Chingo Bling, Sen Dog from Cypress Hill, and Mellow Man Ace.
In 2006, during the great immigration boycotts, she encouraged students to stay in school and protest by getting an education and changing injustices. This garnered the media attention of the LA Times, who quoted her myspace blog post on their coverage of the protest.
Her experience in using social media to network has brought on many opportunities, including meeting journalists from across the country. By understanding social media and the different markets they target, she made the coveted front page of digg for a satirical article about feminism: "Is Digg Sexist?", been retweeted by actress Alyssa Milano, and was told by reporter Kristen Macias of People Magazine that she is "incredibly dialed in."
Marketing
She is a self employed marketing consultant and handles the marketing for the Ventura county Crime Blog. Aside from being the Content Editor of our blog, she also maintains the blog's appearance. Her experience with online marketing has helped the Ventura County Crime Blog grow from 3,000+ page views in March to over 28,000 in May.
Although she has volunteered for the Big Sister program in Ventura County, she is currently happily single and has no children. Contrary to what the internet says about her political goals, she has no plans to run for local politics and advises people not to believe rumors they read on the internet without facts and reliable sources.
Contact Elidet Reyes
Editor [at] VenturaCountyCrimeBlog.com
Blogs
Press/Media
>Oxnard PD Hosts first twitter chat (KTLA video)
>Web sites help Ventura County law enforcement crack crimes (via Ventura County Star)-Interview
>KKZZ 1400am interview regarding 805 Vigilantes (starts at 43:44 min)-Interview
>Immigration protests extend to the third day (originally published in the LA Times)-Quoted in the article about promoting peace and education as opposed to protesting
>Usan latinos internet para promover marchas (via TabascoHoy.com)-Spanish interview regarding immigration rights
Written by Elidet Reyes
On The Web
>Web sites help Ventura County law enforcement crack crimes (via Ventura County Star)-Interview
>KKZZ 1400am interview regarding 805 Vigilantes (starts at 43:44 min)-Interview
>Immigration protests extend to the third day (originally published in the LA Times)-Quoted in the article about promoting peace and education as opposed to protesting
>Usan latinos internet para promover marchas (via TabascoHoy.com)-Spanish interview regarding immigration rights
Written by Elidet Reyes
On other sites
>KDAY vs Power 106. Rivalry or Friendly Competition? The Truth Behind Felli Fel vs KDAY (featured on hiphop-elements.com)
>Is Digg Sexist? (satire piece featured on PointlessBanter.net & on the front page of digg.com)
>Is Digg Sexist? (satire piece featured on PointlessBanter.net & on the front page of digg.com)
On this site
On The Web
805native Said,
I think I know her brother. Did he go to Hueneme?
Posted on April 5, 2009 5:10 PM