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Krier was born in Beeville, a small town in Bee County in south Texas to Robert Stevens Taylor (1914–1978) and the former Mary McGuffin (1916–2002). Her parents divorced when she was eight years of age, and she relocated with her mother to Dinero, an unincorporated community in Live Oak County near George West, Texas.<ref name=krier>[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utsa/00110/utsa-00110p1.html A Guide to the Cyndi Taylor Krier Papers],  [[University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries (UTSA Libraries)]] Special Collections.</ref> There, her maternal grandfather and then her grandmother served as postmaster. That post office has since been closed because of the lack of population in Dinero.  Krier's mother was for thirty years a postal employee in Beeville. In 2008, on the recommendation of then Republican [[U.S. Representative]] Lamar S. Smith and the Texas congressional delegation, the post office 10250 John Saunders Road in San Antonio was named for Cynthia Krier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lamarsmith.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=196901|title=Congressman Smith on the Cyndi Taylor Krier Post Office Bill, March 5, 2008|publisher=lamarsmith.house.gov|accessdate=September 17, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Krier was born in Beeville, a small town in Bee County in south Texas to Robert Stevens Taylor (1914–1978) and the former Mary McGuffin (1916–2002). Her parents divorced when she was eight years of age, and she relocated with her mother to Dinero, an unincorporated community in Live Oak County near George West, Texas.<ref name=krier>[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utsa/00110/utsa-00110p1.html A Guide to the Cyndi Taylor Krier Papers],  [[University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries (UTSA Libraries)]] Special Collections.</ref> There, her maternal grandfather and then her grandmother served as postmaster. That post office has since been closed because of the lack of population in Dinero.  Krier's mother was for thirty years a postal employee in Beeville. In 2008, on the recommendation of then Republican [[U.S. Representative]] Lamar S. Smith and the Texas congressional delegation, the post office 10250 John Saunders Road in San Antonio was named for Cynthia Krier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lamarsmith.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=196901|title=Congressman Smith on the Cyndi Taylor Krier Post Office Bill, March 5, 2008|publisher=lamarsmith.house.gov|accessdate=September 17, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Krier was an honor student and a [[basketball]] player. She attended San Antonio College and then Trinity University, both in San Antonio, before she transferred to the [[University of Texas at Austin]] to major in [[journalism]]. In [[Austin]], she began working in the campaigns of various Republican candidates. After graduation from UT in 1971, she was subsequently employed by the Texas Republican Party and edited a statewide newsletter. Thereafter, in 1975, she obtained her [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin.<ref name=krier/>  

Krier was an honor student and a [[basketball]] player. She attended San Antonio College and then Trinity University, both in San Antonio, before she transferred to the [[University of Texas at Austin]] to major in [[journalism]]. In [[Austin]], she began working in the campaigns of various Republican candidates. After graduation from UT in 1971, she was subsequently employed by the Texas Republican Party and edited a statewide newsletter. Thereafter, in 1975, she obtained her [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin.<ref name=krier/>

 

In 1974, she was an intern in the [[White House]]. Upon her return to Texas, she worked on the staff of [[Moderate Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Tower]]. In 1976, she worked in the campaign for President [[Gerald Ford]], who was soundly defeated in the Texas primary by former [[California [[Governor]]  [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]] but still won the Republican nomination, only to lose to [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia]] in the general election. In April 1979, Krier joined the law firm of Lang, Lado, Green, Coghlan & Fischer and specialized in civil cases. She actively recruited women into Republican political causes. She was vice chairman of the Bexar County GOP from 1979 to 1981, during which time Reagan won the party's presidential nomination and then unseated Carter. Krier served on a bipartisan commission to propose legislative reforms on a task force for women and minorities established by Texas Governor [[Bill Clements]], first elected in 1978 as the state's first Republican governor since 1873.

In 1974, she was an intern in the [[White House]]. Upon her return to Texas, she worked on the staff of [[Moderate Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Tower]]. In 1976, she worked in the campaign for President [[Gerald Ford]], who was soundly defeated in the Texas primary by former [[California [[Governor]]  [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]] but still won the Republican nomination, only to lose to [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia]] in the general election. In April 1979, Krier joined the law firm of Lang, Lado, Green, Coghlan & Fischer and specialized in civil cases. She actively recruited women into Republican political causes. She was vice chairman of the Bexar County GOP from 1979 to 1981, during which time Reagan won the party's presidential nomination and then unseated Carter. Krier served on a bipartisan commission to propose legislative reforms on a task force for women and minorities established by Texas Governor [[Bill Clements]], first elected in 1978 as the state's first Republican governor since 1873.