She spent summers during her childhood in her mother's hometown Meadville, Pennsylvania.

[3] Pescatelli worked as a morning radio show co-host, performer, TV spokeswoman and basketball cheerleader from 1990 to 1995 in the Quad Cities area of southeastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois.

Pescatelli co-created, executive produced, wrote and starred in a reality television series A Standup Mother (2011) on WE tv.

They moved to her mother's hometown Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 2009 after their son was born.

She underwent surgery, was told she was "free and clear" of cancer and did not have to go through chemotherapy.