Mission & Purpose
Speak Life Academy
Speak Life Academy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization specializing in educating youth in the performing arts as well as creating innovative ways to incorporate science, technology, engineering, and math into student instructions.
Speak Life Academy will focus on creating student success in the Texas Essentials Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) but with an added emphasis in the arts as it relates to STEAM concepts and curriculum.
Dr. Oscar Williams Jr., Ed.D.
Our Leadership
Teacher, Administrator, Ordained Minister, Entrepreneur, Producer, Artist, Writer, Public Speaker, Musician, Composer and a born Leader – these are but a few adjectives that describe the multi-faceted Dr. Oscar Williams, Jr. Born and raised in St. Louis, MO, Oscar began his formal music training at the age of 8. Upon entering High School, Oscar was already quite advanced and considered a young music prodigy with request for piano performances coming from the St. Louis School District, St. Louis Symphony, NAACP Act-So program and being featured as a solo performer with the Young Hero’s in Music live radio broadcast on Classic 99.1 FM.
Oscar completed his undergraduate studies at University of Missouri-St. Louis, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Music with an emphasis in Piano. He later went on to obtain a Masters of Music degree in Music Composition at the Southern Methodist University and a Doctorate degree in Educational Leadership and Management from the Dallas Baptist University, maintaining a 4.0 GPA.
His professional career spans over two decades of touring, recording, writing, producing and performing both domestically and internationally. Oscar has served with the U.S. State Department as a Music Ambassador in collaboration with programs such as Rhythm Road and American Music Abroad since 2010. These responsibilities require him to tour several times a year with the assistance of government contracts and U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world promoting American music values and culture.