About our Founder

Veronica Kazoleas, M.A., is the Founder and CEO of The Nookie, a pioneering brand in women’s sexual health. She launched The Nookie in 2017, with a mission to transform the industry through female-centric products offered in an elegant, educational environment.

Veronica earned her Master of Arts in Psychology from York University and her Bachelor of Arts (Hon) Co-Operative from the University of Alberta. Before venturing into entrepreneurship, she served as the Director of Clinical Analytics for Alberta Health Services, where she played a pivotal role in optimizing healthcare delivery for 3.7 million Albertans across 100 hospitals.

A distinguished scholar, Veronica is a recipient of the Canadian Graduate Scholarship and the President’s Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievements in Research. Her groundbreaking research on minimizing racial bias in criminal proceedings was featured as a Frontiers in Jury Research at The National Symposium on the American Jury System and has since been integrated into teachings at law schools throughout North America. Veronica has also published in prestigious journals such as Pediatric Emergency Care and Law and Human Behavior. True to her decades-long passion for normalizing female pleasure, Veronica was invited to speak on the need for sex research reform at the 2006 annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association.

Veronica’s expertise extends beyond academia and into the public sphere. Since founding The Nookie, Veronica has lectured on the practical applications of psychology at the University of Toronto and educated on sex after spinal cord injury at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Lyndhurst Centre. She has also taught about the medical uses of sex toys at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine.

Her work as a pleasure activist has garnered attention from eminent news outlets, including Women’s Health, Refinery 29, Today’s Parent, CBC Life, CBC News, Toronto Star, Toronto Life, and Global News. Veronica’s work continues to inspire and educate, bridging the gap between academic research and real-world applications.