Victoria Coker
Victoria Coker is a social-impact entrepreneur, marketer, multidisciplinary artist, and certified software engineer. With more than a decade of experience in design and marketing supporting organizations, she also founded Black Web Fest, an initiative launched in 2017 to celebrate and support Black creatives. Her work focuses on building opportunities and lasting impact for her community.
Ambassador Project
Victoria’s project, “Unbanked in America: Exploring the Financial Divide,” examines barriers to financial access using 2021 FDIC data, focusing on New York, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Through expert interviews, she analyzes the structural inequities that many unbanked and underbanked communities face.
Her research is featured in a special miniseries on the Interledger Foundation’s Future Money podcast, where audiences can engage with the insights and conversations emerging from the project.
What Inspired Her Work
“My personal experience has inspired me to work in digital financial inclusion.”
Growing up in a low-income household, Victoria experienced firsthand the challenges of being underbanked. These experiences shaped her passion for supporting underserved communities in building wealth and accessing systems that have historically excluded them.
Vision for the Future
“The future of financial inclusion, to me, looks like access to all regardless of income, race, or location.”
Victoria hopes her work sparks conversation, encourages more research, and attracts greater investment in building systems, education, and community support for unbanked and underbanked populations across the United States.