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==Background==

==Background==

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; material no longer on-line.</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; material no longer on-line.</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 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/>