Cindy Benavides has been a licensed attorney in Weslaco, Texas for over 18 years. She was raised in La Feria, Texas and graduated from La Feria High School. She attended the University of Texas at Austin where she obtained a Bachelor Degree in English and her Teaching Certificate. After teaching public high school for four years she was jointly admitted to the Texas Tech School of Law and Texas Tech’s Rawls School of Business. In 2006, she graduated with her Jurisdoctorate and a Master of Business Administration (MBA). She was licensed by the State Bar of Texas the same year. After spending 10 years honing her skills at a respected law firm, Cindy opened Benavides Law Firm in January 2017. She has dedicated her practice to real estate, estate planning, probate, business law and personal injury. Her mission is to provide affordable, quality legal representation to her community. In 2020, Cindy joined forces with Edwards Abstract & Title Company by opening their Mid-Valley branch location. Her clients praise her professional dedication and customer service as a 5-star lawyer. Cindy’s personal mission is to give to her community in purposeful ways. She helps qualifying families with special needs children to obtain guardianships, pro bono. Her growing social media on TikTok, Instagram & Facebook is geared to close the gap on misinformation by educating her community on legal matters. Her dedication and passion does not go unnoticed. In 2022, she was selected to be one of 16 board members who sit on the state-wide organization known as the Texas Lawyers’ Insurance Exchange. There, she is able to provide a minority voice for over 6,000 lawyers in the State of Texas. She is heavily awarded by her own peers in the Hidalgo County Bar Association, garnering many awards over her career, including, Member of the Year, the Above and Beyond Award and the Pro Bono Award in 2024. She was recently recognized by her own Weslaco business community as The Chamber’s 2024 Woman of the Year. Although you would think she has no time, she is a dedicated wife to her husband of 16 years, Alex Benavides. She is also a loving mother to her two sons, AJ and Bo; and a pet mom to Sam, Fluffy and Gato.