Beatriz Ceja-Williams

Affiliation

Office of English Language Acquisition

Biography

Beatriz Ceja-Williams is the Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA). Prior to this role she served as the Senior Director for Institutional Service (IS) in the Office of Postsecondary Education. In this role she was responsible for the Divisions that support and administer the discretionary and formula grant programs to Hispanic Serving Institutions, for which she previously served as Division Director, the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions, Predominately Black Serving Institutions, Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institutions, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Institutions, and other minority serving institution programs. She also led the multiple programs under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education and the HBCU Capital Finance Program. In her new role as DAS for OELA, she oversees the programmatic and organizational functions of OELA. She helps to define and articulate program goals and objectives; identify and implement policy changes; evaluate program effectiveness; develop and update policy manuals, program regulations, and proposed legislative amendments. She provides input to prepare program budget request; and in conjunction with the Assistant Deputy Secretary's office, prepares an annual funding schedule and funding strategy, incorporating the goals and objectives of the Secretary, where applicable. She has over 22 years of experience at the Department of Education, where she has worked on various programs that address Pre-K through postsecondary education and career.