Carmen Celia Beltrán (February 19, 1905 – May 26, 2002) was a Mexican-American writer of poetry, plays, essays, and radio and religious dramas.
The dangers of the Mexican Revolution, combined with her father's political connections, forced the family to flee into the mountains of Durango.
During the family's attempts to get to the United States, they were victims in the midst of a train heist, which left them stranded with no money or baggage in San Pedro de las Colonias.
[1] She became active in the Mexican American community and started writing articles for the Spanish language newspaper El Tucsonense and producing a weekly radio program called "Theatre of the Air."
The radio show, in Spanish, focused on religious themes that were approved by the local clergy and by Catholic Bishop Daniel J. Gercke.
[2] In 1952 Beltrán created the performance México Ayer Y Hoy, which reflected on the history of Aztec, colonial and independent Mexico.