Dr. Dudley sits down with the Honorable Zina R. Cruse. Many of the gains African Americans made in America has come as a direct result of the groundbreaking leadership and keen legal minds of many African Americans in the legal field. Judge Cruise is cut from that cloth and addresses how the law is one of the most generationally changing areas to exert ones leadership. Judge Cruze skillfully articulates how she became the first African American women appointed to the circuit court in Southern Illinois. Her story is a template to follow to breaking the glass ceiling and leading in any room.