mars serna

Marcelino “Mars” Serna has over 38 years of experience as a public servant in the areas of Education, Recreation, and Human Services. For the past 16 years, Mars has served the districts of San Bernardino City Unified School District (2006 to 2014), Fontana Unified School District (2015-2016), and currently the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools as the Family/Community Engagement Program Specialist supporting the 33 districts throughout the county with their respective family and community engagement initiatives. He also has served as an Adjunct Professor at San Bernardino Valley College in the Human Services Department where he taught Cultural Proficiency and Cross-Cultural Communication.

Mars has also served on a variety of community boards. He currently serves as member of the Governing Board of Education at Fontana Unified School District.  He also serves on the Executive Board of the San Bernardino County Gangs & Drugs Taskforce, the Inland Empire Fatherhood Involvement Coalition, the San Bernardino County Mentoring Advisory Committee, and the Loma Linda University Health’s Community Benefit Advisory Council (CBAC). Along with serving on these boards, he was the co-founder of the Inland Empire Family Resource Center Coalition, where he served as Chairperson from 2008 to 2014.

Mars received an associate degree from Riverside Community College, a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from California State University, San Bernardino, and his master’s degree from University of Redlands in Management. He is happily married to his wonderful wife Marissa and has (4) children, Jesse 33, Elena 31, Andrew 29, Issak 17 and is currently rearing his 13-year-old niece, Sophia.  He also has (4) grandchildren.