Serena trained at The National Theatre Ballet School in Melbourne, Australia under the direction of Gailene Stock.

Here, Serena had the honour of working with some of the 20th century's Ballet Greats including the late Erik Bruhn in La Sylphide, Sir Robert Helpmann in Checkmate and Irina Baronova in Les Sylphides with the opportunity to dance soloist roles in a number of ballets including Don Quixote, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Les Sylphides and Aureole.

She was Ballet Mistress for Vienna Festival Ballet between 1992 and 1994 teaching daily class, rehearsing and staging ballets for the company. In 1993 she was commissioned to choreograph and stage Coppelia also playing a key role in designing the sets, costumes and props.

In between tours Serena was a guest teacher at The Urdang Academy for upper school musical theatre and ballet students.

On retiring from the stage in 1998, she retrained in technical theatre and toured England and Ireland as a lighting technician for both dance and theatre companies including Ballet Ireland and National Character Dance Company (formerly Romanska).

She then moved into corporate life, working in different sectors and industries as a Personal Assistant, Manager and more recently as an Analyst for her second Department of Health Pilot project.

Her strong desire to return to the Dance-world saw her gain a place at the Royal Academy of Dance's Professional Dancer's Teaching Diploma Course in 2008 from which she gained a Distinction and qualified as a registered RAD ballet teacher.  She holds an up to date enhanced CRB certificate to work with children, has public liability insurance with Equity and an emergency first aid certificate.