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Feliz Abalos is an attorney born and raised in Odessa, Texas. After law school at Ohio Northern University, she quickly returned to the Permian Basin to begin her career in 2006.

Feliz is dedicated to serving her community through numerous boards, committees and volunteer positions. Notably, she has served as Chair of the Ector County Democratic Party and Chair of what was Planned Parenthood of West Texas. She also works to further causes important to the Mexican American and Latinx population through her work with LULAC and Hispanic Heritage of Odessa.

As part of her efforts to help make knowledge and learning accessible to all, Feliz is active on the ConnEctor committee which is attempting to bring high-speed internet to all in the area, especially to those who are underserved. She is also on the advisory committee for the Ector County Library. Feliz is a proud member of the Odessa East Rotary club where she has twice served as President and is a double Paul Harris Fellow, awarded to members who donate to the Rotary Foundation which funds charities throughout the world.  For her dedication to community service Feliz has been awarded the Woman of Distinction award from the Girl Scouts of the Southwest, the Community Stateman award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation, and the Odessa American and Attorney of the Year 2021 from Legal Aid of Northwest Texas.

Professionally, Feliz spent almost four years as an Assistant County Attorney in Ector County and from 2014-2019 served as the Police Legal Advisor for the Odessa Police Department. She currently represents clients from all backgrounds in family and criminal matters.