Carrol Pando entered the Convent on September 8th, 1954, along with twelve other young women after making her vows. In 1959, Carrol taught at the Holy Child school in Pennsylvania for two years. She then went to Portland, OR where she taught first grade at Saint Rose school for seven years. 

In June 1966, Carrol went to Chile to study Spanish. She was passionate about bi-lingual education. 

Later she traveled to Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia and Ecuador, and arrived in Chile on September 25th, 1967. School began in March 1968 where Carrol taught reading in the primary grades, later becoming principal of the Saint Rose school in Lo Barnechea. Until 1974, she was instrumental in working together with other public schools and institutions integrating school activity very much into the daily life of the little town of Lo Barnechea located at the foot of the Andes mountains. 

In 1974, Carrol returned to Portland, OR where she decided to leave the Holy Child Community and she stayed with her parents for part of that year. 

She came to Phoenix, AZ in 1974. Carrol was working in bilingual education at the Murphy district for at least 10 years. She then worked for the Peoria school district for another 8 years as Director of the bilingual education program. 

She went on to work at ASU West as a supervisor for a number of years. 

She is survived by her husband Mauro, her two sisters, her two brothers and four nephews. 

A Memorial Mass was held on September 30, 2024.