Lily Serna Explained

Lily Serna
Birth Date:5 July 1986
Birth Place:Jerusalem
Occupation: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 Atlassian in Sydney.

Early life and education

Born in Jerusalem to a Palestinian family,[3] Serna attended Cheltenham Girls High School in Sydney, 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] She spent a year living in Bordeaux, France.[4]

Career

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.[5] [6]

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 version of Letters and Numbers which commenced transmission on SBS on Saturday 2 October 2021.

Personal life

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]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lily Serna . 2011 . Saxton . 23 July 2011 . 19 March 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120319104246/http://www.saxton.com.au/lily-serna/ .
  2. Web site: SBS drops Letters and Numbers for Countdown. 24 June 2012.
  3. Web site: I couldn’t solve this maths whiz’s problem. Without HSC maths, could you? . Sydney Morning Herald . 16 March 2024 . 17 March 2024 . 16 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240316200551/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/i-couldn-t-solve-this-maths-whiz-s-problem-without-hsc-maths-could-you-20240314-p5fcdk.html.
  4. Web site: Lily Serna interview.
  5. Web site: Meet the Hosts: Lily Serna . 2010 . Letters and Numbers website . Special Broadcasting Service . 20 January 2011 . live . 16 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120416030300/http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/lettersandnumbers/cast/detail/id/632 .
  6. News: Boot camp for the brain . Sacha Molitorisz . Sydney Morning Herald . 2 August 2010 . 20 January 2011 . 7 November 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107115201/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/boot-camp-for-the-brain-20100802-112dq.html .
  7. Web site: Gender's in the Balance. 3 October 2017. Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.
  8. Web site: LILY SERNA Mathematician & Data Analyst: Atlassian . 17 May 2020 . AMSI Careers . . 2019-06-25 .
  9. Web site: Data star Lily Serna . Careers with STEM . Elise . Roberst . April 28, 2019 . 16 May 2020.
  10. News: MasterChef winner Adam Liaw snares own TV show on SBS . The Daily Telegraph . 14 March 2012 . 30 March 2012 . live . 17 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120317012924/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/masterchef-australias-2010-winner-adam-liaw-finally-has-own-tv-show-destination-flavour-on-sbs/story-e6frfmqi-1226298851983 .
  11. Web site: Should I Risk It? . 16 May 2020 . Catalyst . 8 October 2019 . ABC.
  12. Web site: We're getting married!!! . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lily_serna_numbers/1950557704659195350_1950557461322648041 . 26 December 2021 . registration. . Lily . Serna . 6 January 2019 . 16 May 2020.
  13. Web site: One final addition before the year is out . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lily_serna_numbers/2210546817559659607 . 26 December 2021 . registration. 31 December 2019 . . Lily . Serna . 16 May 2020.

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