Pasteur graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English education in 1971.

[9] In February 2022, Pasteur filed a declaration supporting a lawsuit challenging Baltimore County's new council districts for diluting the power of Black voters.

[10] Pasteur resigned from the school board on February 11, 2022, to run for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 11A.

[11][12] In June 2022, Governor Larry Hogan appointed retired middle school teacher Felicia Stolusky to serve the rest of her term.

Pasteur says in the report that she was "unaware of any testing improprieties", but two witnesses told state investigators that she was aware of the cheating.