Sheryl Jarecki is a long term resident of the Hills District of Sydney and has been actively involved in environmental and social justice issues in the community.

She was employed as a Regional Project Officer with the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Trust, with responsibility for environmental issues in the north west sector of Sydney.

At the time of her 2003 campaign, she was involved in studying the pesticide use and pest management strategies of non English speaking Sydney farmers.

In 2004 she was a strong proponent of the Greens stand on the war in Iraq and believed all Australian troops should be brought home. She was also campaigning for the release of all children from detention centres and for the humane treatment of refugees.

Sources used to compile this entry: http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34138/20030320/www.nsw.greens.org.au (accessed 5 June 2005); http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/22488/20041009/www.greens.org.au (accessed 18 August 2005).