Serena is the co-founder and editor of Tostada Magazine, an independent new media outlet that celebrates the rich culture of Metro Detroit's food scene. Her food writing appears in NPR's The Salt, Lucky Peach, Eater, Extra Crispy, the Metro Times and others. Her reporting on stories of global interest include coverage of the Flint water crisis, the Detroit bankruptcy, foreclosure epidemic, the Syrian refugee crisis, U.S. immigration policy, and the legacy of NAFTA. She is a 2017 Surdna Foundation-supported equitable cities reporting fellow for NextCity.org, a 2014 Ford Fellow at the International Center for Journalists and holds a bachelor's in journalism from California State University, Northridge. Her favorite tacos come from back home in LA, she doesn't believe in ketchup on hot dogs and prefers her pizza square.