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Nicole Cardoza

Award-winning serial social entrepreneur, investor, author, and public speaker

Nicole Cardoza is an award-winning serial social entrepreneur, investor, author, and public speaker making wellness accessible for everyone. Her company, Reclamation Ventures, incubates and invests in projects committed to health and racial equity. Current projects include Wellemental and Anti-Racism Daily. She also manages the Reclamation Ventures Fund, which has distributed over $500,000 in direct support grants to people making wellness more accessible. 

Nicole Cardoza is also a magician who uses cardistry, illusions and storytelling to help us reclaim our inherent magic. She’s performed at conferences, exclusive membership clubs, and high-profile private events across the U.S. 

Nicole’s first published book, Mindful Moves, was published in Spring 2021. Nicole is also a board member of Camelback Ventures. She is a 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30, and has been recognized as one of the most influential changemakers in wellness by Well + Good, and Wanderlust. She’s taught yoga across the globe and now speaks regularly on the intersection of wellness, entrepreneurship and anti-racism at Fortune 500 companies, colleges and universities, conferences and summits. 

Nicole identifies as a queer, cisgender Black woman. Her pronouns are she/her. 

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