Sometimes Linda accompanied her dad and older siblings to pick cotton and walnuts around Corcoran in Kings County, recalls her older sister, Sylvia Chavez Delgado: "It seemed like we'd have to spend most of what little we earned buying food for lunch--there were so many of us. It made us wonder how farm workers could make it."
De hecho, su hermana Sylvia recuerda el recorrido que hacían con su padre y sus hermanos mayores para llegar la pizca de Corcoran, en el condado de Kings.