Pastor Edwin has coached pastors and churches across the country and served as the inaugural President & Moderator of the Colectivo UCC Latinx (lah-TEE-necks) Ministries. He has worked ecumenically and with interfaith partners, traveling the country and Latin America to preach and embody the Gospel of liberation for the marginalized and the oppressed. Pastor Edwin also has ordained standing in The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries (TFAM). He recently served the Congregational Church of Naugatuck CT as Transitional Senior Minister, leading them into becoming Open and (LGBTQ+) Affirming, and most recently served as a healthcare chaplain.

Pastor Edwin has worked in public service in New Haven, CT, in administrative and managerial capacities; as a K-8 educator; academic specialist/tutor in higher education; and as Advisory Board Member for Progreso Latino Fund of the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. His work has included local and state level justice and policy advocacy, especially benefiting BIPOC, LGBTQ, and migrant people domestically and internationally.

Pastor Edwin holds an Associate of Arts degree from CT State Community College, a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Southern Connecticut State University–receiving the Forrest Peterson Award for Excellence in Philosophy in 2021—a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University, a Diploma in Congregational Ministry from Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School—receiving the 2024 Jonathan Edwards Prize for Excellence in Theology and Ministry—and is currently a Doctor of Ministry student in Transformational Leadership at Boston University School of Theology.

Pastor Edwin continues to mentor Latine local pastors as the part-time volunteer General Pastor of Manantial de Gracia (“Spring of Grace”)—a small and the only Latine and Spanish-speaking LGBTQ+ affirming UCC congregation in the Conference—and teaches Social Ethics online as an Adjunct Professor at Berkeley School of Theology. He is most excited about his call to serve Immanuel Congregational Church as settled Senior Minister, leading into the church's next chapters of ministry of love, justice, and peace.