Johan Moreno

✍🏻 Contributing Writer @forbes
Brother of @elianamoreno RIP 🙏🏻🪽

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

Scammers keep trying to scam 😭

This fundraiser is NOT AUTHORIZED by the Moreno Family. @GiveSendGo, can you please remove this?

Please do not donate to this if you come across it!

[Eliana Moreno @elianamoreno]

@PupscanLA Remember what your goal is and don’t give up! Some people didn’t believe in me when I first started. However, I believed in myself and never lost sight of my goal! Look at where that has taken me. You can be here too! 😊

[Benjamin Royer @thebenroyer]

Very classy from the Rams, honoring @NBCLA’s Eliana Moreno and George Marciniw, who passed in the helicopter crash in Chatsworth last week, in the press box tonight.

[California Post @californiapost]

Rams honor NBC reporter Eliana Moreno, pilot George Marciniw ahead of Giants game https://t.co/xIPMtqQzpW

[Greg Beacham @gregbeacham]

The Rams are paying tribute to Eliana Moreno and George Marciniw in the SoFi Stadium press box today. RIP.

[Vulture @vulture]

Rob Perez, a.k.a. @WorldWideWob, remembers Eliana Moreno, the fan-favorite aerial reporter who built a career covering police pursuits and hard news in Los Angeles. She and pilot George Marciniw were killed in a helicopter crash on September 15. https://t.co/xITdAxzXqG

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

Eliana really loved to dance. Especially line dancing.

She taught me how to dance growing up and we would always dance together. When I was 5 y.o. we won a dance contest together that was being held at a supermarket.

She especially loved doing the famous Payaso de Rodeo line dance. Truly a gem, one of a kind person that I had the honor to call my sister ❤️

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

@TimmyHardy I am trying to honor the legacy of my sister because I loved her so dearly

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

More pictures of my beautiful sister when she was younger.

Eliana’s first job was at Coco’s Restaurant as a hostess at age 16. She would bring home a pie everyday because Eliana famously loved free food. We got so sick of eating pies. After that, she worked as a receptionist at our family dentist’s office.

She saved up enough money to buy her first car, a used ‘99 Oldsmobile Alero that she found in the Auto Trader book.

It was the same car we used to drive to the Morongo Casino where CBS 2 was hosting the “Sports reporter for a day” contest. I went with her that day and the car was starting to overheat by the time we reached the casino. There were over 1,000 people in line, and she won!

In a world where there is so much nepotism, especially in the world of news and media, Eliana truly worked her way from the very bottom. She took every opportunity she could no matter how small it was. Nothing was ever beneath her.

She was always excited about reporting about our home: Orange County. She reported for the Irvine, Garden Grove and Orange local news reports.

Even though she had graduated from Chapman University, she still went back to Santa Ana College right after to be a part of their news program. It was at SAC where Eliana met a veteran aerial journalist that took a chance on a young reporter and brought her in as an intern.

My family appreciates all the well wishes and prayers we have received as we go through this tragic time in our lives. We love you all ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

@LewStowers Yes!! That one exactly!

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

@56tele1 It was the Coco’s in Tustin that closed many many years ago…thank you for your condolences

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

@JoseGenesis44 Haha yes I remember this year the bakery botched the spelling of her name!

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

@tsjwaffle My sister was very frugal and loved a good deal! She was also a huge Costco and Sam's Club girl.

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

@OctaveOfGrace Thank you brother appreciate the kind note 🙏🏻❤️

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

My sister Eliana was a DIEHARD Los Angeles sports fan.

Her first love was the Los Angeles Lakers. Her childhood crush was Derek Fisher. I will forever cherish the 2000-2002 and 2009-2010 Lakers championships where we watched all the games together.

When the Rams moved back to LA, she became obsessed with going to NFL games and LOVED SoFi Stadium.

As far as baseball goes, she was a lapsed Angels fan. One of the best moments of our childhood as OC kids was seeing the Angels win the World Series for the first time in 2002, but more recently, she rooted for the Dodgers.

This is an important part of her lore that is not being reported about enough!

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

@NoCalSportsFan Thank you so much for your kind words 🙏🏻❤️

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

@DDemacho Amen brother. Thank you for your note. 🙏🏻❤️

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

@JustRay122 @realjamespat Thank you so much 🙏🏻❤️

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

@christinelu Thank you for your note, much appreciated 🙏🏻💙💛

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

@Smartdigit73086 Thank you for your condolences, much appreciated ❤️🙏🏻

[Johan Moreno @dudejohan]

@ReviloBuzby @goldenrose_79 Beautiful message. Thank you so much for this ❤️ She was also a huge fan of Chick Hearn. I hope she is having coffee with him right now!!