Felice spent her early years living in the La Porte, Beaumont and Houston areas and now resides in Bryan/College Station. She enjoyed a year at the University of St. Thomas before leaving the area in 1980 to attend Oklahoma State University.  Upon graduation, Felice settled in Dallas, midway between her family in Houston and her husband's family in Oklahoma.

She returned to school in 1990 to pursue her counseling degree at Texas A&M University - Commerce, and she has been a Licensed Professional  Counselor since 1992.  During her counseling career, Felice has worked in both hospitals and treatment centers providing psychiatric and substance abuse services.  

small>Felice is married with two daughters and her husband, John, works for nonPareil Institute, a non-profit providing technical and life skills training to adults on the autism spectrum.  Her oldest daughter is in a long-term same-sex relationship, who she fully supports. Her youngest daughter graduated from A&M University and lives in Bryan with her husband.