Gloria Contreras Edin is an attorney and the founder of Contreras & Metelska, PA, a Saint Paul, Minnesota law firm that provides legal services in the areas of criminal, immigration and select family law issues. Ms. Contreras Edin has advised on thousands of matters involving clients from more than 25 countries on a wide range of complicated and sensitive immigration issues. Her experiences are vast and she has worked with state courts, federal courts and federal immigration agencies. She is a zealous advocate for her clients and keeping families together in the United States.

She is also active in the community where she has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards for her outstanding service.  She has served on numerous state-wide commissions, committees, and boards and has acted as Amicus Curiae in high-stakes immigration proceedings in various U.S. Courts of Appeals.