Pastelle has been immersed in performance and education from the very beginning of her life—making her stage debut at six months old as the baby in The Nutcracker Party Scene and appearing on her first magazine cover by age four. Pastelle trained rigorously in ballet, she was invited by Marcia Dale Weary to begin pointe at age nine and was dancing more than 20 hours per week. Later, she attended a performing-arts high school. Alongside her dance training, she studied piano and voice. She also pursued professional modeling and competed in pageants, where one of her proudest achievements was winning the title of Pennsylvania Cinderella along with top talent awards and advancing to the national competition in Dallas, TX as her pageant loving grandma, Shana, cheered her on!

Pastelle continued her education at York College of Pennsylvania, majoring in Theatre and Recreation Leadership, and has since earned multiple professional certifications, including Progressing Contemporary Technique, 4Pointe, and Bolshoi Ballet Academy training certification. She is currently a Performance Awards Coach and Audition Teacher for the American Academy of Ballet, New York. As a lifelong student of ballet pedagogy, she remains dedicated to deepening her knowledge of classical and contemporary dance education.

Now serving as Assistant Artistic Director, teacher, and coach at Dance It Forward, Pastelle combines technical precision with creative artistry. She is passionate about nurturing both confidence and expression in her students while inspiring audiences and dancers alike to truly believe in the arts.