Edgar Serrano, AKA Señor Edgar as he is known by his students, is originally from Mexico City, Mexico. He has lived in the United States for about 30 years. Señor Edgar has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration with a minor in International Marketing and a Master of Arts degree in Modern Languages from The University of Mississippi. For the past 11 years, he has worked with language learners as young as 3 years old, all the way up to those who are at college level. Currently, he teaches Spanish at The University of Mississippi. He is a strong advocator for early language learning. Before his teaching career move, he traveled extensively around the world as an international sales executive for a furniture manufacturer.

In 2018, he was recognized as ‘National Teacher of the Year’ by the AATSP in Salamanca, Spain. In 2015, he was recognized as ‘Teacher of Excellence’ by the MFLA. His presentation, A Picture is Worth Thousand Words, Really! was voted as the ‘Best of Mississippi’ at the 2014 MFLA Conference. Currently, Señor Edgar serves as Executive Director for the Mississippi Foreign Language Association (MFLA) and is the Mississippi Representative of the National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL). Señor Edgar has been a driving force in the implementation of the Mississippi Seal of Biliteracy, where he has served as co-chair. Edgar Serrano continues to be an active speaker and language learning advocate at different local, regional, national, and international conferences.