Carlos Garcia de Leon

Mexico

Carlos Garcia de Leon

Carlos Garcia de Leon has been actively participating in the AIDS movement since 1990. He was a member of AVE de Mexico - one of the leading organizations in the response to HIV in Mexico over the last years. He was its President until 2005, and was a member of AVE's Board until January 2009. He was the founder and Coordinator of IMPULSO, a Mexican organization that provides technical assistance to the private sector in the AIDS field. Carlos was also a member of the Executive Committee of the North American Treatment Aids Forum, and Co-chair of the tri-national Forum in 2005. He was the Mexican representative for the Latin American and the Caribbean Council of AIDS Service Organizations (LACCASO) from 1997 to 2009. He holds the position of professor of the AIDS Diploma of the National Health Public Institute in Mexico.

Carlos is a very well recognized facilitator and lecturer in HIV and AIDS issues in the Latin American region. He is also an LGBTTT rights activist. He was chosen as the Mexican civil society representative on the Conference Coordinating Committee for AIDS 2008. He is a dental Surgeon and a  Sexologist. He lives with HIV. He is now the Prevention and Social Participation Director of the Mexican Aids Program. He lives in Mexico City with his partner Julio César.