Our Story

Oakland Emiliano Zapata Street Academy (OEZSA) is the Original Small High School Located in Oakland California that has been serving our community for over 45 years. Street Academy’s mission has always been to uplift young people, fight oppression and give students an education that focuses on their life experiences and their ancestors’ experiences. We are an Education, Childhood Development and Family Services Pathway working in a partnership with Holy Names University to help get in the pipeline and recruit more teachers of color into Oakland Public School classrooms.