Background
She is the eldest daughter of another Modern Language Association, Roger Edwards. Edwards was born in Portsmouth, England to Norma (a Falkland Islanders) and Roger Edwards.
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Emma Edwards
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Education
Edwards was educated in Stanley, but in 1988 she moved to Winchester to undertake A-Levels and in 1995 she graduated from Queen"s University Belfast with a degree in Geology.
Career
She first went to the Falklands at the age of two when her father was stationed aboard HMS Endurance. After working for some years as a junior geologist for the Falkland Islands Government, Edwards went to Aberdeen University in 1998 where she gained a Masters Degree in Petroleum Geology. She then worked for the Falkland Islands Development Corporation and Cable & Wireless before returning to the United Kingdom in 2004 where she went to the University of Exeter to retrain as a school teacher.
In November 2009 she was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Stanley, and in June 2010 she represented the Falklands at the annual meeting of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation in New New York
Edwards is a reserve Police Constable in the Royal Falkland Islands Police and her portfolios as an Modern Language Association included Tourism, Minerals, Housing and Environment and Heritage. She announced her resignation from the Legislative Assembly in 2011, following her decision to leave the Falklands.
