Illustrator, Author, puppet designer and fabricator.Serena has illustrated for zines and childrens books, illustrating Samara's Minichiello's book, "The Secret Magic of Your Heart" through Amazon Publishing in addition to her own self published zines "Sprout" and "Anxiety Gremlin".Along side illustration, Serena has a decade long experience in themed entertainment and stop-motion film making, having lead teams that contributed puppets and animatronics to award winning attractions around the world. Such notable projects include Pepita from Disney’s Magic Happens Parade and Universal Studios Super Nintendo World.Serena now resides in Oregon where shes plays with puppets at renowned animation studio, Laika, working on their latest film, "Wildwood".

In her decade long experience, Serena has lead teams that contributed puppets and animatronics to award winning attractions around the world. Such notable projects include Disney’s Magic Happens Parade which won the 2021 IAAPA Brass Ring Award for Best Atmospheric Street Show Performance and Universal Studios Super Nintendo World which won the 2022 Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement- Theme Park Land. Most recently she joined Laika to help conceptualize and build never attempted puppet designs for their newest film “Wildwood”.

Coco- Magic Happens Parade

Piranah Plants- Nintendo World

Laika Studios-Wildwood

Coming Soon!

In her tenure Serena has leaned into the Fabrication title Generalist. Having experience in building, painting, costuming, R&D and designing.
Always leaning into new things and learning new skills.