Serena Muñiz's Biography 

Serena Muñiz is a communications professional with over twenty years of extensive experience encompassing all facets of the marketing mix. A native New Yorker, Ms. Muñiz began her career in publishing at Latina Magazine where she eagerly soaked in the fast paced intricacies of the beauty and fashion publishing world.

Cultivating her innate writing, creative ingenuity, pitching and relationship building skills during this period, Ms. Muñiz was recognized by a leading NYC advertising agency and was recruited to manage their public relations department to spearhead a variety of multi­faceted branding and placement strategies for the country’s most prominent brands.

Born and raised in the Bronx, Ms. Muñiz managed to attend college full time as a single, teen mom. A feat within itself, Ms. Muñiz’s dedication to community, culture and diversity set the tone and became the catalyst for her genuine success.

With a full understanding of her talents and where they would be best served, Ms. Muñiz shifted career paths and parlayed her skills into community health care where she was tapped to lead an extraordinary team of fellow community advocates, grassroots outreach talents and build relationships with local, state and federal elected officials.

Currently, Ms. Muñiz is the Director of Government, Community Affairs and Communications for one of 1,400 Federally Qualified Health Centers in the nation. Securing multiple Advocacy Center of Excellence (ACE) awards from the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and receiving recognition for her work as a steering committee member of the Bronx Anti-Bullying Coalition by New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera, 33rd Senate district and Chair of the NYS Health Committee.

In her role, Ms. Muñiz has successfully helped implement a variety of health initiatives and programs; and maintains an active role in various task forces and community boards.

She was appointed to Community Board 11 in 2022 by Borough President Gibson