Rochette was born January 13, 1986, in Montreal, Quebec. She was raised in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas.
Rochette began skating when she was just two years old after her mother took her to the rink. In the 1999–2000 season, she won the 2000 Canadian Championships on the novice level.
The following season she debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. She placed 5th at the 2000–01 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in France and 4th at the event in Mexico. She qualified for the 2001 Canadian Championships by winning both her qualifying events. At the Canadian Championships, she won her second consecutive national title, this time on the Junior level. She was then sent to the 2001 World Junior Championships, where she placed 8th.

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