Naomi Bar-Lev was raised in San Diego's 53rd District (before the latest gerrymandering) and is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School. She is also a graduate of U.C.L.A. with a degree in Economics (1993) and has attended the M.B.A. program locally at San Diego State University.
She obtained her real estate license while attending U.C.L.A. and later her real estate broker's license when she started her own company in 1996. For the last 12 years she has been involved in construction and restoration of a number of properties in the district.

In April 2007, Naomi went to Washington D.C. with Roger Hedgecock’s “Feet to the Fire XII” effort (an effort to lobby representatives to abandon the Amnesty Bill and defend U. S. Border Patrol agents). It was on this trip that Naomi witnessed first-hand the disconnect between Congressional representatives and the citizenry. She decided at that time to run for Congress and give the citizenry true representation.