[1] She graduated from the University of Lethbridge and moved briefly to the United States in Troy, New York, where she developed a broadcasting career with NBC and PBS before returning to Canada in the 1990s, eventually anchoring for CBC Ottawa, CITV in Edmonton, CTV National, CBC National, and Newsworld International.

[1] On June 13, 2016, she was named Associate Minister of Finance Responsible for the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan.

[9][10] On August 24, 2016 she was transferred from the pension role to a new educational ministerial position responsible for early years and child care.

[13] In 2017, Naidoo-Harris was nominated to run for re-election as the Liberal candidate for the newly formed riding of Milton[14] but was defeated in the 2018 election.

[15] In August 2019, Naidoo-Harris was appointed as the University of Guelph’s Associate Vice-President of Diversity and Human Rights.