Edgar has more than a decade of experience working in the field of immigrant rights in the Commonwealth. He has engaged in multiple campaigns for the rights of immigrants at the local, state and federal levels. Edgar also has fought for several state-wide immigrant rights causes such as the expansion of in-state tuition to include immigrant youth as well as the recently passed legislation that will expand access to driver’s licenses to all Virginia residents regardless of their immigration status. Edgar has served on different boards including the Executive Committee of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), the Arlington Free Clinic and the Complete Count Committees in both Arlington and Fairfax Counties.

In 2019, Edgar was named one of the 100 most influential people for the Nation’s Capital Metro-Area Latinos by Tiempo Latino, a regional Spanish language publication. In 2016, he was the recipient of Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ proclamation acknowledging Hispanic Heritage Month for his contribution to the Hispanic community in Fairfax County. In 2014, Edgar was awarded the Jane Bagely Lehman Award for Excellence in Public Advocacy for his work in helping to remove barriers to educational equity for undocumented immigrant students in Virginia. In 2012, he was recognized by the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy as an outstanding social justice maker for his dedication to advancing opportunities for Virginia’s Latino and immigrant communities. In 2011, he received a Practitioner Fellowship from the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor of Georgetown University where Edgar enjoyed the opportunity to study issues impacting immigrant workers in a more in-depth manner. In 2010, Edgar received the Linowes Leadership Award of the Community Foundation of the Greater Capital Region.

Edgar received an LL.M. for foreign lawyers from the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law where he received the Professor Samuel Gyandoh Award for his outstanding professional and personal service to the law school community. Prior to coming to the United States, Edgar was a practicing attorney in his native country Peru. He received his undergraduate degree in Political Science and Law from the University of Ancash in Peru “Santiago Antunez de Mayolo.”

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Mark grew up in four countries and attended schools in five.