Elda Stanco Downey is the founder of Roanoke Spanish LLC and is a former college professor with…read moreover 15 years teaching Spanish language, culture, and literature. She has helped me tremendously improve my Spanish skills (I was one of her students over a four-year span) - not to mention she's an absolute joy to work with. She's upbeat and fun... and, well, a total pro. She (or one of her team members) will hook you up with tutoring, translation, interpretation, any Spanish-English service you might need help with - for adults, for kids, or for the office. :)

From the owner: Roanoke Spanish LLC is passion for communicating effectively and enabling active engagement in our…read moreglobal communities. We are a full service firm providing written translation, interpreting, private and small group language instruction and tutoring, and customized services to drive new business opportunities and corporate solutions with the right language tools. Roanoke Spanish is a Certified SWaM business in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

I am overwhelmingly pleased with the education my 4 year old has been receiving from Roanoke Valley…read moreMontessori School. She has been going to this school since she was 1. At the age of 1 she was diagnosed with a speech impediment. Me and my husband felt she had a learning disability. We were referred from a physician friend to Roanoke Valley Montessori for our daughter. This has been the Greatest gift for our daughter. We were assured by the Director that our daughter did not have a learning disability. The speech impediment is gone. Our daughter has been thriving since being at Roanoke Valley Montessori School. After seeing her pediatrician, she agrees our daughter has thrived being at this school. I cannot say enough about the cleanliness of this school either, it is absolutely immaculate in cleanliness, it is so clean you can smell the clean. Thank you to all of the teachers and the Director Ms Michele for allowing our daughter a place in your school. We are forever eternally grateful.

I have nothing but positive things to say about the staff at Roanoke Valley Children's Academy…read more They have been excellent communicator's and Are always attentive to my son and even me! It breaks my heart to see some of the negative reviews on here, because This simply has not been our experience. I think many of the concerns from others are simply a difference in one's beliefs and opinions. You have a choice where to send your child, and if you don't like the care that they are receiving, you can leave. I personally Would recommend this daycare/school to anyone who asked me. My son is thriving and so excited to see the people there!

They take professional and customer service to a different level. From the moment I walk in, I'm…read moregreeted by name in a clean and welcoming environment. I am promptly seen and the outstanding stylist begins. I have been extremely satisfied every visit. Anastasia is by far my favorite and only stylist! I highly recommend this location because they are trained, creative, and knowledgeable! Love it every time!

Saw Mollie there today for highlights on my natural red hair. Very happy with it! She's so sweet…read moreand very attentive. Would recommend

Terrible staff- They will lie to get you in the door then take your money. Half ass training. the…read morerange staff is 60-70 years old with little patience, constantly making inappropriate or racist remarks. Equipment constantly falling apart. Job placement within the company is a joke, like I said they just want your money not for you to be successful. The tester Laffon was an arrogant asshole and makes everyone around him miserable

Staff is nice, old men on the range are older than dirt and the equipment is even older. Don't…read morecomplain or become enemy # 1. Good luck.

I called 1 week prior to my appointment to confirm that 1.5 hours would be enough time to have the…read moretrim and color completed to get to my next appointment for the day. I specifically said that my next appointment was at 4 pm. I was assured that it was not a problem and that my hair would be done easily in that amount of time When I arrived for my appointment I was informed by a student stylist that my appointment would not be with the person I had scheduled to have my appointment with, but would be with a different student stylist. First of all, the "instructor"/"owner" was nowhere to be found. She arrived after the students had independently began the process of dying my hair. When she did arrive she had two clients of her own who had been waiting for quite some time for her arrival as well. She began to announce to everyone in the room that she was late because she was at the "DMV and was the next number to be called". I was quite surprised by the nonchalant attitude considering people had been left waiting. As the minutes ticked by I had let the student working on my hair know that I had an appointment and that it was at 4 pm. I could tell by her reaction that she had in no way been told/notified of this even though I called a week ahead and spoke to her instructor. When time became a real issue, I am sitting there with my hair drenched in dye and the students doing their best to remedy the situation. The owner/"instructor" is working on her own client and begins to try and blame the entire situation on the students performance. It was one of THE MOST rude, unprofessional, and tactless things I have ever witnessed from a "professional", "instructor", or in a salon, period. When I began to explain that I spoke with her on the phone a week earlier, she decided to turn the blame on me as well stating "Well, we spoke on the phone and you have really long hair so it's hard to tell when someone is on the phone". At no point in our telephone conversation was I asked how long my hair was, I was simply told 1.5 hours was not a problem. The story ends like this, there was no time left to cut my hair nor was there time to completely dry or style it. I left the salon with uncut and more than half wet hair. The "instructor" did not offer to fix/remedy the situation in any way. I paid for the color and tipped the student (because she did a good job on the color and in NO way was this situation her fault). As I am about to walk out and leave with my hair an absolute hot mess, the owner says "I hope we didn't make you late" with a smile on her face. I have had my hair done many places at many different price points and have even went to cosmetology schools for hair and other services in the past. I have never encountered such unprofessional and poor service anywhere. It is certainly the first time in my life that I have left a salon without the services I booked being completed or with WET HAIR. The complete lack of professionalism on the part of the "instructor" was truly unbelievable. Once again, I would like to reiterate that the student did a great job and I am happy with my color. They should have never been put in that position.

I had an appointment this morning with Haley at 9:00. She texted me asking if I could come in at…read more9:30, which I agreed to, but did notify her I would have to run to work right after (since this appointment now set me 30 minutes behind). I didn't receive a reply, so at 9:20, I followed up to confirm that she was still coming in at 9:30. It was then that she notified me that she would actually not be there at 9:30. I felt that my time was disrespected, and that this situation was not handled professionally, especially considering I could have gone into work earlier and I had to follow up for her to tell me she would not make my appointment.