Evan Pakshong was born on May 29, 1998. She trains at Broadway Gymnastics School. She currently attends New West Charter school in Los Angeles, California, where she has a 4.0 unweighted grade point average. She will graduate from high school in 2016 and looks foward to persuing her dream to compete on a college gymnastics team.

Evan competed level five in 2008 and finished first on vault, beam, floor and the all-around at the State Championships. She immediately competed level six and then moved up to level seven in January of 2009. She finished first on beam, second on floor and fourth all-around at the State Championships.

Evan began competing level eight in the summer of 2009, placing first on beam, first on floor and second all-around at the California State Games. In 2010, she won vault at the Lady Luck Invitational. She won beam at the San Diego Classic. Evan placed first on beam and floor at the Heart of a Champion Invitational. She placed second all-around at the Malibu Coast Challenge. She finished second all-around at the State Championships. At Regionals, she placed first on beam, first on floor and second all-around.