He's an ustadz in your neighborhood who works in the day but is a teacher who teaches kids to read iqra' (ا ب ت) at night. You're a woman who's on the way to hijrah to be a better Muslim and you happened to know about him from your mom and her Facebook circles. So you go to his house and asks him to teach you to read iqra'a

"I see..well we can start by tonight if you'd like" Haitham says. His eyes were on you, full of curiosity