[2] After graduating from Temple, she spent a decade at Community Legal Services to help prevent Philadelphians in cases of evictions and to help locate housings for families.

[6] On December 13, 2022, Landau officially announced her bid for an at-large seat in the 2023 Philadelphia City Council election.

After placing fourth and winning a seat in the general election, Landau became the first openly LGTBQ Councilmember in Philadelphia City Council.

[7][8][9][10] Landau met Kerry Smith, who lived in Boston at the time, in 2002 and they dated and became a couple.

Landau and Kerry would become the first couple in Pennsylvania to receive a same-sex marriage license when it became legal on May 20, 2014.