A former reporter for People, Time, Newsday and The Journal News in New York, Rhames won various awards for her work. Switching to education in 2004, Rhames later served as a Teach Plus policy fellow and founded the nonprofit Teachers Who Pray. In 2013, Rhames received the Educator’s Voice Award for her teacher blog and was also named “Commentator/Blogger of the Year” by the Bammy Awards. Follow her on Twitter @MarilynRhames.