Investing does not have to be scary and it does not have to be a zero sum game.

I spent over 20 years in a values-driven career working to alleviate poverty at the World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. So when it comes to money, I care what it’s supporting. I want to use my money to make the world a better place, not to fund Wall Street, polluting businesses, or the gender status quo.

But until recently, I was invested in industries I couldn’t imagine supporting because I didn’t have the confidence or time to do it myself. And I couldn’t find a financial advisor who would take my desire to invest in alignment with my values seriously enough.

So I reached out to the amazing women in my network to educate myself, and what I learned was validating.

It IS possible to align all of your money with your values—even if you are not a millionaire—and it doesn’t have to be as hard as I was led to believe. Now I am taking action to move my money into investments I feel good about, and I am watching it grow with market rate returns.

Everything I know about money and investing I either taught myself or learned from other women. Now it is my mission to consolidate this knowledge so that other women find the confidence they need to take control of their money and use it to change the world.