| 2019-20 |  | Dolores Delgado-Bernal |
| 2018-19 |  | Cecilia Aragón |
| 2016-17 |  | Judith Flores Carmona |
| 2014-16 |  | Nohemy Solórzano Thompson |
| 2013-14 |  | Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz |
| 2012-13 |  | Theresa Delgadillo |
| 2011-12 |  | Monica Torres |
| 2009-2011 |  | Marie (Keta) Miranda |
| 2008-09 |  | Elisa Diana Huerta |
| 2006-08 |  | Felicity Schaffer-Grabiel |
| 2004-06 |  | Adriana Ayala |
| 2003-04 |  | Josie Méndez-Negrete (ex-oficio) |
| 2002-03 |  | Rosalia Solórzano-Torres |
| 2001-02 |  | Rusty Barceló |
| 2000-01 |  | Elisa Facio |
| 1999-00 |  | Karen Mary Davalos |
| 1998-99 |  | Dolores Delgado-Bernal |
| 1998-99 |  | Clara Lomas |
| 1997-98 |  | D. Letticia Galindo*
Deceased: October 17, 1998
|
| 1996-97 |  | Julia Curry Rodriguez |
| 1995-96 | | Elisa Facio |
| 1994-95 |  | Carla Trujillo |
| 1993-94 | | Rusty Barceló |
| 1991-92 | Norma Cantú | |
| 1990-91 |  | Beatriz Pesquera |
| 1989-90 |  | Deena Gonzalez |
| 1988-89 |  | Margarita B Melville |
| 1985-88 | | Alma Garcia |
| 1985-88 |  | Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |
Tortuga Award Recipients
| 2022 | ||
| 2021 | Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz | |
| 2020 | COVID-19 | No award presented |
| 2019 |  | Seline Szkupinski Quiroga |
| 2018 |  | C. Alejandra Elenes |
| 2017 |  | Antonia Castañeda |
| 2016 | Rosalía Solórzano Torres | |
| 2015 | | Dolores Delgado-Bernal |
| 2014 |  | Josie Méndez-Negrete |
| 2013 | Norma Cantú | |
| 2012 |  | Gloria Cuádraz |
| 2011 |  | Lupe Gallegos-Diaz |
| 2009 | | Karen Mary Davalos |
| 2008 | Rusty Barceló | |
| 2007 |  | Brenda Child |
| 2006 |   | Inés Talamantez Osa Hidalgo de la Riva |
| 2005 |  | Norma Alarcón |
| 2004 | | Ada Sosa-Ridell (inaugural recipients) |
| 2004 | | Elisa L. Facio (inaugural recipients) |