Raised in Salt Lake City, Balfour attended private liberal arts institution, The Waterford School.
[2] Balfour had roles in productions filmed in Salt Lake City, such as Touched By An Angel, Everwood, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and a few other Disney Channel movies.
KSL-TV is the station where Balfour spent time working as a weekend news producer and reporter.
Balfour reported on the on-air segment of ‘Your Life Your Health’[3] and wrote articles for the KSL 5 website’s news features.
On May 10, 2017, Balfour earned an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage"[6][7] for the "Games of the XXXI Olympiad".