Born in 1998 in São Paulo, Brazil, Carolina Pegurelli began her dance training at the age of ten at the Escola Municipal de Bailado de Taboão da Serra. At thirteen, she joined Grupo Jovem Paulista and Raça Centro de Artes. Throughout her training, she received awards in several national and international competitions.

In 2017, she was a finalist at the Youth America Grand Prix in New York, where she earned her first professional contract with The Washington Ballet. During the same period, she performed in The Nutcracker with Cisne Negro Companhia de Dança. In 2018, at the age of nineteen, she joined São Paulo Companhia de Dança (SPCD), where she has performed leading roles in classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, and Les Sylphides, among others. Her repertoire also includes works by renowned national and international choreographers, including Nacho Duato, Édouard Lock, Jiří Kylián, Joëlle Bouvier, Stephen Shropshire, Shahar Binyamini, Cassi Abranches, and Henrique Rodovalho, among others. In 2024, she was nominated for the APCA Award (São Paulo Association of Art Critics) in the Best Performer category.