About Linda

Linda is a first-generation college graduate with a Bachelors in Public Policy from Stanford University. She has spent her career fighting for New Mexicans and working families across the United States.

Linda Serrato began her career, organizing communities in eastern New Mexico for President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. From Raton and Clayton in the North, down to Carlsbad and Hobbs in the South, Linda worked with organizers and community members on the 2008 election.

Soon she moved to Washington D.C. to work on Capitol Hill for New Mexicans on natural resources issues. She helped develop legislation to expand public lands and ensured uranium miners in New Mexico received their fair compensation through the RECA policy. Linda returned to the west to support low-wage parents and returned to organizing for President Obama’s second term. She soon was a founding member of an organization that organized ballot initiatives in multiple states to raise the minimum wage. This work resulted in raises for more than 8 million low-wage workers.

Since returning to New Mexico, Linda’s husband, Matt, and she decided to begin a family and welcomed Alma to their family. She continued working with traditional communities across Northern New Mexico including acequia groups, Native American communities, and unions to advocate for their needs.

As a community member in Santa Fe, Linda organized the Santa Fe Families Belong Together vigil where hundreds attended to protest Trump’s actions at the border. She is an active member of Big Brothers Big Sisters, an alumni and former boardmember for Emerge New Mexico, and a proud member of Raising Santa Fe. As the daughter of a lifelong union worker, Linda knows that if we work together, we will make our community stronger and create a better future for our children. She is ready to fight for New Mexicans in the Roundhouse.

She proudly lives in House District 45 with her husband, Matt, daughter, Alma and pup, Hemingway.