Los Angeles County Office of Immigrant Affairs Department of Consumer and Business Affairs
Rigoberto Reyes
Rigo coordinates and implements community development projects and is responsible for developing and training leadership skills to persons in marginal areas of the cities of Tijuana and San Diego. Rigo oversees and assists in developing human potential with Promotoras or outreach workers who volunteer their time for service; they are eager to learn how to better serve their communities.
Rigo has been a member of the Chicano Park Steering Committee since 1976, he served for three years as a board member for the San Diego Foundation for Change and served for 10 years in their grants committee, he also served for three years on the board of directors for the Centro Cultural de La Raza in San Diego’s Balboa Park. Rigo is also a founding member of PAS that is a coalition of 7 NGO’S in Tijuana BC Mexico who work together to train promotoras in the region. Rigo is a former member of the Brown Berets, Committee on Chicano Rights, founding member of Union del Barrio, Board member of Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center, former member of Casinos Car Club 1975, co-founder of Amigos Car Club 1977 and co-founder of the San Diego Low-rider Council in 1979, Rigo has been Lowrinding for over 47 years.
