NotSerena.com is named thusly because a poor girl named Serene has dealt with a lifetime of name mispronunciations.This Serene character lives in the neighborhood of Capitol Hill in the city of Seattle in the state of Washington

Serene, in addition to an unfortunate surname, also has the misfortune of ants-in-the-pants-itis. This means that in addition to living in five different cities in ten years (Lake Forest, Albuquerque, Portland, Santa Rosa, and Seattle), she also gets moody if she doesn’t get on a plane once every two months or so.

Serene also attends the University of Washington as a Communications major. Her grand plan changes somewhat regularly, but the contenders that come up most often are: lawyer (immigration or anti-corporate net neutralizing maven variety), media critic, content developer, technical communications, and someone to travel around the world disseminating information.