Carmen Leon is an American painter and teacher known for her work in the Watsonville, Santa Cruz area.
[2] While studying at University of California Santa Cruz Leon participated in the Academia del Arte Chicano de Aztlan, which painted the first murals around Watsonville.
In 1985, she began teaching art for the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz program called Spectra which focused on Latinx communities.
Leon helped co-found the Galeria Tonantzin, a gallery for women to share their artwork in San Juan Bautista, CA.
[3] Leon received the Calabash Award as visual artist of the year, for her career as a painter and teacher in 2003.