Guiding Seeds to Grow
The Mireles Clinic (TMC) was founded on a simple belief: every child, teen, and adult has the potential to grow when they’re given the right tools and a strong support team. We see each person as more than a diagnosis or a behavior. They’re individuals with strengths, challenges, and futures worth supporting.
Our work combines compassion with evidence based practice. From early learners to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, we provide ABA services that reduce barriers, build communication, and promote independence.
As a teaching clinic, we also mentor the next generation of behavior analysts, Families benefit from student clinicians who are veteran RBTs with hands on experience in behavior reduction. Every case is closely guided by seasoned BCBAs with expertise in verbal behavior and crisis strategies.
“Guiding seeds to grow” isn’t just our motto, it’s the heart of everything we do. By meeting families where they are and building functional skills at every stage of life, we create opportunities for growth that last long after therapy ends.
Abril Daniel
Chief Operations Officer
Abril ensures that every aspect of TMC runs smoothly, blending her expertise in behavioral health management with her passion for community service. With her experience in nonprofit leadership, she has built systems that prioritize compliance, safety, and accessibility, making high quality care possible for families who might otherwise go without support.
Her career began in nonprofit behavioral health, where she developed crisis prevention programs and strengthened family centered care. At TMC, she continues this work by collaborating with clients, families, and care teams to design practical, individualized treatment pathways that are both compassionate and effective.
Guided by her commitment to
equity and inclusion, Abril plays a central role in advancing TMC’s mission to serve El Paso’s most overlooked populations. Her focus is simple but powerful making behavioral health services supportive, accessible, and life changing for the community she calls home.
Maggie Romero
Chief Executive Officer
Maggie has dedicated her career to expanding access to ABA services and mentoring the next generation of clinicians. With more than 14 years of experience supporting children, teens, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, she specializes in behavior reduction and crisis management, always with a focus on creating long term independence and dignity for the individuals she serves.
Her early work with Medicaid waiver programs for adults with IDD inspired her to cofound a local behavior supports agency in 2020, and later to create UnrestrictThis!, a remote fieldwork supervision program for student analysts. That program grew into The Mireles Clinic (TMC), the first verbal behavior clinic in El Paso built to evolve with the needs of every client regardless of age or income.
Today, Maggie leads the clinic’s signature initiatives: Sunshine Grotto, a fellowship that pairs student analysts with children who would otherwise go without services, and Sunshade Haven, a planned residential community for adults with IDD focused on independence, inclusion, and purpose. Through these programs and her leadership at TMC, Maggie continues to shape ABA services in El Paso by bridging compassion, training, and community impact.
LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE
Our Upcoming Projects & Vision
At TMC, we are committed to driving positive change in the lives of individuals and families, particularly those who need it most. As we look to the future, we are excited to share two transformative projects that will make a real difference in our community and beyond.
Access for All: A Clinical Fellowship for Lifelong Growth
Where compassion meets training: ABA care for underserved communities.
Sunshine Grotto is a
community based fellowship that pairs student analysts with children who would otherwise go without services. Under BCBA oversight, this program creates a cycle of support where children gain meaningful ABA strategies at no cost, and student analysts achieve clinical growth by serving families that are too often overlooked.
Our Focus
- Orphanages & Foster Care – Children in transitional living often lack consistent therapeutic support. We partner with local organizations to bring evidence-based ABA services at little to no cost.
- Families Facing Financial Hardship – For families unable to access therapy due to financial or logistical barriers, we provide virtual and mobile ABA services, closing the gap between need and care.
Get Involved
For Families & Organizations
Do you know a child who needs ABA support but can’t access services? Sunshine Grotto pairs each child with a student analyst under the close supervision of licensed BCBAs.
- Caregiver coaching model for daily life
- Builds communication, reduces challenging behaviors
- Spots open as new student analysts join
For Student Analysts
Ready to take on your first client? Sunshine Grotto gives student analysts the chance to lead a case while earning fieldwork hours.
- Earn both restricted & unrestricted hours
- Real-world experience with children and families
- Oversight and mentorship from BCBAs
Sunshade Haven: Independent Living With Purpose
Sunshade Haven is our vision for a residential community designed exclusively for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who may not qualify for or gain access to traditional state supported services.
This gated community is more than housing. It’s a place of growth, belonging, and dignity. A place where adults with IDD can build independence, find meaningful work, and live a life rooted in respect and inclusion.
Sunshade Haven is our vision for a residential community designed exclusively for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who may not qualify for or gain access to traditional state supported services.
This gated community is more than housing. It’s a place of growth, belonging, and dignity. A place where adults with IDD can build independence, find meaningful work, and live a life rooted in respect and inclusion.
Key Features
- ABA Guided Living Support – Daily living and behavior supports grounded in evidence based strategies, delivered with respect and autonomy at the forefront.
- Integrated Employment & Skill-Building – Onsite opportunities through community run enterprises (gardens, cafes, packaging) or off site job placements supported by vocational coaching.
- Adaptive Living Spaces – Units designed for accessibility, sensory awareness, and safety, whether fully independent or with light daily assistance.
- Community Culture – No judgment, no shame. Just a community full of trained staff, peers, and advocates dedicated to honoring each resident’s right to independence and joy.
Our Mission
We envision a community where adults with IDD don’t just survive, they thrive. At Sunshade Haven, residents own their routines, build friendships, learn new skills, and contribute meaningfully in an environment built to support, not limit them.
This is more than residential care. It’s a lifestyle rooted in respect, independence, and inclusion.
JOIN US IN BUILDING A DIFFERENCE
Both Sunshine Grotto and Sunshade Haven are part of our larger mission to empower individuals with autism and IDD, create opportunities for growth, and reimagine what inclusive care can look like. These projects are bold, but they’re built on the same values that guide our daily work: respect, independence, and community.
We invite you to be part of this vision through direct involvement, advocacy, or support. Together, we can create spaces where children, teens, and adults with IDD don’t just receive services, but truly thrive.
Stay tuned for program updates!