Alejandra O. Ceja, Member
Senior Budget & Appropriations Advisor, Majority Staff
U.S. House Education and Labor Committee

Alejandra Ceja is a Senior Budget and Appropriations Advisor for the Majority Staff with the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee. She is responsible for tracking the Congressional appropriations process as it relates to the Committee's education and labor funding priorities. Prior to joining the Committee, Ms. Ceja was a Program Examiner for the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), where she helped formulate the federal budget for the Department of Labor and the Corporation for National and Community Service. While at OMB, Ms. Ceja managed federal budget accounts in the amount reaching roughly $1.8 billion in discretionary spending on issues related to older Americans, volunteerism, international child labor and disability policy.

Ms. Ceja’s other professional experience includes working for the Indianapolis Private Industry Council and with Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA). A native of the Los Angeles area, she holds her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles, and a Masters degree in Public Administration from Baruch College, City University of New York. She is a board member of Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. Ms. Ceja is a graduate of the National Hispana Leadership Institute, the National Urban Fellows program, the Presidential Management Fellowship and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s Public Policy Fellowship.