*As featured in Ashburn Magazine, June 2026*

When Beatriz McNelly founded the Immigrant Businesswomen Circle, she built it on a simple belief: that women who dare to build something deserve to be seen and celebrated. That spirit showed up in full force this month when Ashburn Magazine featured her latest venture – and it’s one that’s already changing lives in Northern Virginia.

Beatriz, IBWC’s founder and CEO, co-owns “We Rock the Spectrum Loudoun”, an inclusive indoor playground on Red Rum Drive in Ashburn, alongside her daughter Eileen Markis. The gym is part of a national franchise with more than 200 locations across 34 states and eight countries – and the Loudoun location, which opened last October, is quickly becoming a community anchor.

The concept is powerful in its simplicity: a safe, judgment-free space where children with autism, sensory processing disorders, Down syndrome, and other developmental conditions can just be kids. Every piece of equipment is designed with therapeutic purpose – strengthening coordination, motor skills, and sensory processing – but the children don’t know that. They’re just playing.

“We call it playing with a purpose,” Beatriz told Ashburn Magazine.

The gym’s slogan says it all: “Finally a place where you never have to say I’m sorry.” For parents who know the exhaustion of navigating public spaces with a child who has special needs, that slogan isn’t just a tagline. It’s a promise.

Eileen brings deep expertise to the work – she previously taught and ran a summer camp at The Arc of Loudoun, a nonprofit supporting people with disabilities and their families. Beatriz serves on The Arc’s board as treasurer. Together, they’ve created a space that welcomes everyone: verbal and non-verbal children, those in wheelchairs, and siblings without special needs.

The facility offers birthday parties, summer camp sessions, one-on-one respite services, and special education class field trips. There’s even a Calming Room for children who need a quiet reset.

This is what IBWC is all about – immigrant women who build businesses that don’t just generate revenue, but genuinely serve their communities. Beatriz is proof of that every single day.

Read the full feature in Ashburn Magazine: [Inclusive indoor playground provides safe space for kids and their parents](https://www.ashburnmagazine.com/around-ashburn/inclusive-indoor-playground-provides-safe-space-for-kids-and-their-parents/)

—
*We Rock the Spectrum Loudoun is located at 21720 Red Rum Drive, Suites 177–182, Ashburn, VA. Learn more at [werockthespectrumloudounva.com](http://werockthespectrumloudounva.com) or call (571) 479-8567.*