She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts, then spent two years in the Peace Corps as a mathematics teacher in Antigua.

She then attended the New York University School of Law, where she was a notes and comment editor of the New York University Law Review and a semi-finalist in the school's moot court competition.

[2] From 1997 to 2000, Rochon served as a law clerk for Judge Maryanne Trump Barry of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

President Biden nominated Rochon to the seat vacated by Judge George B. Daniels, who assumed senior status on May 1, 2021.

[9] On May 17, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–47 vote.