Edwina graduated with Distinction from McGill University in 2017. During her undergraduate studies her paper, 'Self-Determination Conflicted with Self-Interest in the 1920s: A Reflection on General Levi’s Devotion to the Cause of Iroquois Sovereignty,' was published in the RMC and in the Borderless World Journal. In 2017, she was endowed with the Tania Zouikin Award in International Development that permitted her to spend three months researching in Chennai, India.
Edwina was based in Berlin, Germany, working at Migration Hub Network where she was project managing an EU-funded programme to support migrant entrepreneurs. She joined the Cabinet Office in 2021 before moving to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.