Lily Serna | |
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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 Atlassian in Sydney.[ citation needed]
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] [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 version of Letters 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]
Lily Serna | |
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Born | |
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 Atlassian in Sydney.[ citation needed]
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] [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 version of Letters 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]