Lina’s oldest son, Leandro, is 18 years old. She also has a son, Bryan, of 16 years old, and one of 13 named Julio. These three boys help her by working in the fields 6 days each week, harvesting tomatoes and snow peas. When Lina is not able, the three boys work on their own to be able to provide food etc for their mother and siblings. She also has a daughter Fabiola who is 12 years old, Alexander who is 9, Santos who is 7, Jose who is 3, and Joselyn who is a year and a half old.
They live in a home that has some block and lamina as a ceiling, and a very primitive type kitchen and bathroom. The little electricity they have only works part of the time. Their water only flows around 1-2 hours per day and the next day none. The children share beds and some have no mattresses…we are giving them new bunkbeds with mattresses, sheets, blankets, so they all have their own bed, so they can all get a good nights sleep.