Dr. Mires is a Forensic Anthropologist who was responsible for establishing Forensic Anthropology in Massachusetts as a specialty at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Initially, she worked as a consultant at the OCME while pursuing a doctorate in Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1985 to 1996). In 1996, she assumed a full-time position with the OCME in Boston and became the Director of the Human Identification Unit, overseeing identification procedures and establishing protocols to be utilized on all OCME cases until 2009. Forensic Anthropology is the application of the methods and techniques of skeletal biology and archaeology to human remains found in suspicious and unusual circumstances, that are beyond recognition by normal means. Currently, she is the chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Forensic Criminology at Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA. As a professor of practice, she teaches coursework in criminology, anthropology, victimology, and research methods. Her research focuses on applying forensic science to unresolved missing person cases. As the director of Forensic Archaeology Recovery, a non-profit devoted to applying archaeological recovery techniques to forensic circumstances, she consults with law enforcement agencies and civilian groups on systematic search and recovery methodologies. A member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the Society for American Archaeology, and the Northeast Division of the International Association of Identification, she also serves on the board of the Massachusetts Association of Professional Law Enforcement and Educators. She is a former director of the Molly Bish Center for the Protection of Children and the Elderly, and currently serves as an appointed member of the Massachusetts Forensic Science Oversight Board since 2019.