NORTH CAROLINA -- Taking a look into the life of the first black female presiding elder for the North Carolina AME Conference.

Reverend Erlinda Dobson is a New Bern native and for the past four years she has been the first female to oversee 19 churches in eastern North Carolina.

As a part of our Black Hiistory Month coverage, Time Warner Cable News reporter Brittany Tune explains how Dobson's leadership continues to touch hundreds of lives.