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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.

==Political career==

==Political career==