Cory Varona-Corniel, MBA in

Cory Varona-Corniel, MBA

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Digital Undivided- Philly 2022 Breakthrough Cohort at digitalundivided
📍 Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

Cory Varona-Corniel is the Co-Founder and COO of OCOA, a clean hair care brand for curly hair. Leveraging her MBA and finance background from Penn State University, she co-founded the company with her sister to address the needs of Latinas. She has participated in numerous prestigious programs, including the Ulta Beauty MUSE Accelerator and Black Ambition.

Originally from the Dominican Republic, Corys personal journey of embracing her natural hair inspired her entrepreneurial venture. She is passionate about creating culturally relevant products using high-quality, natural ingredients. Her work is deeply rooted in celebrating sisterhood, community, and her Dominican heritage, which influences the brands mission and product formulation.

OCOA, named after her mothers hometown in the Dominican Republic, started after Cory began formulating products in her own kitchen.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Digital Undivided- Philly 2022 Breakthrough Cohort
Job Level
Middle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
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BIPOC Entrepreneurship
Has participated in multiple accelerators for Black and Latinx founders, including programs by Ulta, Black Ambition, Square, and Digital Undivided, to scale her venture.
Clean Beauty
Her company OCOA focuses on creating products with clean, luxe, minimal ingredients, free of sulfates and parabens, and meets all five of Ulta's Conscious Beauty pillars.
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Career

Work history

10-2022
Digital Undivided- Philly 2022 Breakthrough Cohort
digitalundivided
10-2022
Coralus Activator
Coralus
9-2022
Credo for Change 2022 Cohort
Credo
1-2020
Controllership Manager
Santander Bank, N.A.
11-2018
Co-Founder
OCOA - Curly Hair Care
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Education
12-2023 - 12-2023
Executive Program for Diverse Business
The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
10-2016 - 5-2018
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Penn State University
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