She was the communications director for Doug Forrester's 2005 campaign for Governor of New Jersey.
In 2005, Sylvester was named Alumna of the Year by the Graduate School of Political Management, now at George Washington University.
[5] Sylvester formerly was a San Antonio-based political consultant, whose clients include Texans for Lawsuit Reform .
She was the political writer at the San Antonio Express-News, stepping down in early 2003.
[7] Sylvester was the Chief Political Writer for the Trentonian in Trenton, New Jersey for almost a decade.