Sheryl Cole

Representative Sheryl Cole got her start in public life stepping up in her local PTA and organizing community support for our schools as one of the Tri-Chairs to the AISD Bond Committee in 2004. Continuing down the path of public service, she would go on to be elected to the Austin City Council for three terms, ultimately serving as Austin's first African American female City Councilmember and Mayor Pro Tempore. And now, as of 2018, Sheryl Cole represents the communities of East Austin, Manor, and Pflugerville at the Texas Legislature. She is a graduate of the University of Texas, where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas Law School. She is an active member of David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.