Jami Rhue is a dedicated educator and visionary entrepreneur, spearheading the Youth Urban Reading & Writing Initiative (Y.U.R.W.I.). 

With a profound passion for education by way of School Librarianship and Digital Literacy alongside a commitment to empowering underserved youth, Jami Rhue is becoming a driving force in the field of literacy, librarianship, and Media Arts in the state of Illinois and beyond.  

Not only does Jami continue to raise her three teens/young adults, all of who attend high school or college, she is also seeking a Doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from her alma mater of Chicago State University.  

Professionally, Ms. Rhue balances frontline teaching, Department Chair and Intructional Coach duties at a Title I PK-8th grade elementary school with being an active Executive Board member of The IL Media Literacy Coalition (ILMLC) and The Chicago Chapter of the Black Caucus-American Library Association (CCBC-ALA) as well as an Advisory Committee member of the ML3 Initiative (Librarians as Leaders for Media Literacy in U.S. Schools) by Project Look Sharp of Ithaca College.