Born in Lunel, southern France in 1973, Serna studied Photography at the CE3P – École des techniques de l’image, Ivry-sur-Seine, in 1998. He then studied Press Photography in 2004, at the École des métiers de l’information (EMI) in Paris. In 2016, he took part in the Magnum Photos Educa-tional Program directed by Patrick Zachmann. His work has appeared in, i.a., The New York Times, Paris Match, El Periódico, and Ming Pao.