Edgar Gonzalez Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois. Gonzalez graduated from Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in 2015. He earned a bachelor's degree in government from Harvard University in 2019. Gonzalez's career experience includes working as a constituency services liaison to Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García, an editorial cartoonist with The Harvard Crimson, and a staff writer with the Harvard Political Review.