This is me! I am Jose and I founded Understandable Tutor to provide accessible and premium tutoring to people who can afford it and lower pricing and high premium tutoring to people who cannot always afford tutoring.

Hello! My name is Jose M. Consuegra and I am the owner, founder, and tutor for Understandable Tutor.

How did you become a professional tutor?

I started as a pre-med student back at FIU. I always wanted to be a doctor but my interests took me in a VERY different direction.

I originally started tutoring biology, chemistry, and philosophy at the Center for Academic Success at FIU. There, I did all kinds of chemistry tutoring, biology tutoring, and- once COVID-19 hit- I did almost only online tutoring. That was the biggest and most difficult challenge I faced, at the time.

During the pandemic, I wanted to go into the classroom since I saw so many high school teachers were leaving the field. I thought it would be great to be a high school chemistry teacher and give back to my community.

Once I became a teacher, I learned how hard of a job it really is. After 3 years of being in the classroom, I decided to become a professional tutor and really give all that I am to my community through online tutoring, in-person tutoring, and free classes.

I think Education should be accessible to everyone and anyone, regardless of the ability to pay or not. That is why I started Understandable Tutor, because I understand people's struggles and situations and that shouldn't stop them from being able to
from being able to access their dreams and goals. Because of this, I think that people should be able to afford premium tutoring services and be able to pay for it. Regardless of where they live and where they come from.

You do this all by yourself?

I sure do!

Well…there are somethings that I need help with which I will talk about in a second.

But first, yes, I do almost everything on my own from making instagram posts, this website, SEO work on my website, to putting up flyers around local restaurants, universities, and cafes.

I am pretty much a one-person show. This way, I can control exactly the amount of effort and quality I put into all of my work. I really enjoy working on something and making sure it is up to my standards. For example, the online tutoring I offer is really about finding out who the student is, what help they need, what materials they are looking for, and then figuring out how I can best serve them. This takes time and effort and being a teacher did not allow me to give specialized attention to my students. As a private science tutor, I can take all the time and resources I need to provide the highest quality online tutoring and in-person tutoring every student needs.

Something I need help is “word-of-mouth”. I ask my students to share my tutoring services with their friends, families, and colleagues so everyone has a chance to work with a private, credentialed educator.