Robert Stephen Pastorino (March 16, 1940 – June 6, 2013)[1] was an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to the Dominican Republic from 1992 to 1994.

He later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Francisco State University.

[3] Early in his career, Pastorio worked as a union electrician and teller at Wells Fargo Bank.

After saving enough money, Pastorino began traveling Europe and attended the 1960 Summer Olympics.

After graduating, Pastorino joined the United States Foreign Service in 1966 and relocated to Washington, D.C. Pastorino served as an economic and political counselor at the Embassy of the United States, Mexico City and as deputy chief of mission in the American Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.