
Founder & lead cleaner
Rosa Herrera
Rosa started PristineSpark in 2014 by cleaning a few houses on her own street in Bowie. Before that she spent eleven years on the housekeeping staff at a hotel in Annapolis, which is where she learned that a clean room comes from doing things in the same order every time.
She still cleans most weeks, usually the deep cleans and move-outs, and she trains every new person on the team herself. She writes about the products we use (and the ones we skip), how to deal with Maryland humidity, and the small habits that keep a house from getting away from you.
Outside of work she gardens, which explains the pollen articles.
Writes about
- Deep cleaning
- Move-out cleans
- Products & surfaces
- Training new staff
- Articles published
- 6
- Total reads
- 14,224
- Minutes of reading
- 21
- With PristineSpark since
- 2014
Most recent article:
Articles by Rosa

· 4 min read · 2,156 views
Getting your house ready for Thanksgiving (without losing a weekend)
Guests see about four rooms. Here is the order we clean them in before a holiday, and what you can safely skip.

· 4 min read · 1,318 views
Keeping a house clean with kids at home (realistically)
You are not going to have a spotless house with a toddler. You can have a house that resets in fifteen minutes.

· 5 min read · 4,812 views
A move-out checklist for Maryland renters who want their deposit back
Landlords look at the same handful of things. We walk through them room by room, based on the move-outs we did this summer.

· 2 min read · 3,967 views
How to clean stainless steel without streaks
The fridge door is the most-asked-about surface in the house. It is easier than it looks, as long as you follow the grain.

· 3 min read · 867 views
Before and after: hosting a graduation party at home
June is party season around Bowie. A short plan for the week before, and what to do with the mess after.

· 3 min read · 1,104 views
Five things that actually help during pollen season
Maryland pollen does not quit until June. A few small habits that keep the yellow dust from taking over the house.