[8][9][10] Edwards has worked as a public interest attorney with Greater Boston Legal Services and served as the deputy director within the Mayor's Office of Housing Stability.

[12] In July 2018, Edwards and fellow city councilors Kim Janey and Michelle Wu introduced legislation to remove as-of-right designations for chain stores, requiring a conditional use permit for chain stores to open and operate in any area designated as a "neighborhood business district.

[14][15] In 2019, Edwards partnered with attorney general Maura Healey, congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, and fellow city councilor Michelle Wu in a digital campaign urging the state government to adopt the Roe Act.

[18][19] Weeks later, State Attorney General Maura Healey cleared the referendum for inclusion on the ballot.

[17] Edwards joined council members Michelle Wu and Matt O'Malley in a years-long push to have the city divest its financial resources from fossil fuels.

[21] In 2016, Edwards was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the special election for the First Suffolk & Middlesex District of the Massachusetts State Senate.

[22] She won the Democratic primary on December 15, 2021, defeating Revere School Committee member Anthony D'Ambrosio by a 60%–40% margin.