Serialize/deserialize string

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;

namespace Model
{
    public class Message
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public int Age { get; set; }
    }
}

namespace Xamarin
{
    class Program
    {

        private static string Serialize(List<Model.Message> messages)
        {
            System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer xml = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(messages.GetType());

            using (StringWriter textWriter = new StringWriter())
            {
                xml.Serialize(textWriter, messages);
                var objs = textWriter.ToString();
                return objs;
            }
        }

        public static List<Model.Message> Deserialize(string messages)
        {

            System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer xml = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(List<Model.Message>));

            using (StringReader sr = new StringReader(messages))
            {
                var r = xml.Deserialize(sr) as List<Model.Message>;
                return r;
            }
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var messages = new List<Model.Message>()
            {
                new Model.Message{Name = "Hohn", Age = 19},
                new Model.Message{Name = "Anna", Age = 17}
            };

            var str = Serialize(messages);

            var lst = Deserialize(str);

            Console.WriteLine(lst.First().Name);
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}