Lily Serna is an

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mathematician and television presenter, best known for co-presenting the SBS game shows '' Letters and Numbers'' (2010−2012) and ''

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'' (2021−), as well as the cooking show ''Destination Flavour'' (2012). She works as a data analyst for

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in Sydney.

Early life and education

Born in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

, Serna attended

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in Sydney, Australia, and graduated from the

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in 2009, with a Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance and a Bachelor of International Studies. She spent a year living in Bordeaux, France.

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. 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, although she is no longer a board member. She works as a data analyst for software company

. She had previously been a data analyst at

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. Serna was co-host, with actress and presenter

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and

Adam Liaw Adam Liaw ( zh, t=廖崇明, p=Liào Chóngmíng; born 8 September 1978) is a Malaysian-born Australian cook, television presenter and author. He was the winner of the second season of ''MasterChef Australia'', defeating student Callum Hann in ...

( 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. Serna appeared in an episode on risk for the ABC's ''Catalyst'' television program which aired in 2019. 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. They have a child born in late 2019.

Publications

*Serna, L. 2012. ''Lily's Number Puzzles''. Hardie Grant. *Serna, L. 2019. ''Curious: life hacks through maths''. Pan Macmillan.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Serna, Lily 1986 births Living people Australian television presenters Australian women television presenters Australian people of Arab descent People from Jerusalem University of Technology Sydney alumni