Community

Sandra Serna

Vice President, Health and Housing

Sandra Verónica Serna is the Vice President of Health and Housing at Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (SAHF), where she works with members to amplify the connection between quality, service-enriched, affordable housing and improved health and community outcomes. Prior to joining SAHF, Sandra led the Healthy Communities Portfolio at Louisiana Public Health Institute, overseeing projects with an emphasis on using health, transportation, economic, and environmental data for community-wide collaboration and planning, and conducting community health need assessment services for health system clients across the Gulf Coast. From 2011 to 2014, she was part of the Impact, Strategy, and Innovation team at United Way Worldwide, where she provided strategy support and technical assistance to local United Ways committed to making their communities healthier places to live, learn, work and play. Sandra holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Sciences and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan.