Linda Pochesci was born in  Massachusetts. She grew up in New Jersey and attended college there. While an undergraduate, she studied with the artist Mel Leipzig. Upon graduation she moved to Boston and eventually attended graduate school at Massachusetts College of Art. She studied with the artist George Nick while earning her MFA in painting.

Linda has exhibited extensively in Massachusetts and New Jersey. In 1995 The Dodge Foundation awarded her a major grant as part of their "Artist Initative" program. Additionally, Linda has received numorous mini grants from the foundation for ongoing artistic development in the studio and in the art classroom.

Linda Pochesci currently lives in New Jersey where she works professionally as an artist and educator. She spends the summer in her studio in Cape Cod, MA.