We sat down with Lara Hodgson, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of NowAccount and founder of ROX, ahead of her appearance at the Financial Health Network's EMERGE conference in Atlanta, May 19–21, where she'll join the "Innovation & Community Spotlight: What Works, What Travels" session. Here's what she had to say.

As a nonprofit co-founder, Wande is confronting funding inequities head-on while building an organization that puts community and workers first.