Lily Serna
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| Born | (1986-07-05) July 5, 1986 (age 38) |
| Occupation(s) | Mathematician, television presenter, data analyst |
| Partner | Blair Hickey |
| Children | 2 |
Lily Serna is an Australian mathematician and television presenter,[1] best known for co-presenting the SBS game shows Letters and Numbers (2010−2012[2]) and Celebrity Letters and Numbers (2021−), as well as the cooking show Destination Flavour (2012). She works as a data analyst for AtlassianinSydney.[citation needed]
Born in Jerusalem to a Palestinian family,[3] Serna attended Cheltenham Girls High SchoolinSydney, Australia, and graduated from the University of Technology Sydney in 2009, with a Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance and a Bachelor of International Studies.[1][4] She spent a year living in Bordeaux, France.[5]
In August 2010, Serna began co-presenting Letters and Numbers on SBS Television while completing honours studying part-time in mathematics with applications in biology.[6][4]
In August 2012, she was appointed Numeracy Ambassador for National Literacy and Numeracy Week and in September to the board of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute,[7] although she is no longer a board member. She works as a data analyst for software company Atlassian.[8] She had previously been a data analyst at Fairfax Media.[9]
Serna was co-host, with actress and presenter Renee Lim and Adam Liaw (second season winner of MasterChef Australia) of the SBS cooking show Destination Flavour which was first broadcast as a 10-part series in late 2012.[10]
Serna appeared in an episode on risk for the ABC's Catalyst television program which aired in 2019.[11]
She is again a co-presenter in a celebrity versionofLetters and Numbers which commenced transmission on SBS on Saturday 2 October 2021.
Serna became engaged to Blair Hickey at Surprise Bay during a hike in Tasmania early in 2019.[12] They have a child born in late 2019.[13]
