Dr. Land grew up in Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania. She attended Cornell University where she completed her Bachelor of Science with a major in Natural Resources. After graduating from Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, she completed a one-year internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Veterinary Referral and Emergency Clinic in Norwalk,CT. Dr. Land then worked in a small animal practice on Manhattan's Upper West Side for 3 years before relocating to New Jersey and taking a position at the Freehold Animal Hospital in August 2005.

She currently resides in Freehold with her husband, two sons and three cats. She enjoys gardening and bird watching. A highlight of her pre-veterinary life was the year she spent in Nevada and New Mexico studying migratory birds of prey.