 She graduated from Loreto Normanhurst where she was School Captain while training with the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney, then attended Charles Sturt University in Bathurst under a Seven Network scholarship.Naylor attended University of Technology in Sydney for a year to complete her Bachelor of Arts in Communications degree.She was an announcer for Groove FM, then worked in television for "A Current Affair", "Escape with ET", "The Footy Show", "Gladiators", "MTV Australia", "National Nine News" and "SportsCafe" (NZ).