Early Life, Education and Career
Edwards earned her first degree from Wake Forest University, where she was one of only six black women in her class. After working for Lockheed Corporation at the Goddard Space Flight Center with the Spacelab program, she attended and earned a law degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire. Edwards worked for Albert Wynn as a clerk in the 1980s, when he served in the Maryland House of Delegates.
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