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  • Lily Serna is a mathematician with an unrivalled passion for education, particularly in STEM advocacy(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) 
  • She is a data analyst at the enterprise software company, Atlassian, where she specialises in building mathematical and statistical models
  • Her professional media host work includes being the resident numbers expert on SBS's Letters & Numbers with David Astle and Richard Morecroft.
  •  She was co-host of SBS's Destination Flavour
  • She recently hosted ABC’s Catalyst (February 2018)
  • She hosted a 6-part podcast international podcast created by GE Australia entitled Decoding Genius which investigates the lives of six young geniuses
  • She hosted a recent promotional campaign for PwC, the world's second largest professional services firm
  • She served on the Board of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute for four years.
  • In 2012 she was appointed Numeracy Ambassador for National Literacy and Numeracy Week.
  • She has also published a maths puzzle book entitled Lily's Numbers Puzzles
  • Lily completed a Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance and a Bachelor of International Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney in 2009. She also completed an Honours year with a first-class thesis in Mathematics, with applications in Biology.