[3] After graduating from Norfolk Academy,[2] she attended George Mason University, receiving a degree in broadcast journalism and a minor in theater.

[1][4] Cardon received second billing for a role in Nice Pants,[5] a 2001 twelve-minute short film directed by Michael Ansbach.

In 2004-05 she was a contestant on the sixth season of the CBS television series The Amazing Race, finishing in 3rd place with her then boyfriend Adam Malis.

[citation needed] In August 2004, Cardon competed on the sixth season of the CBS adventure reality show The Amazing Race with her ex-boyfriend at the time, Adam Malis.

Despite both being Cardon and Malis physically strong, their constant arguing on the season, including over relatively mundane disagreements and inconveniences, lead them to struggle, yet the two reached the final leg of the race and finished in third place.