Who We Are
Fast Pass College Access Network
Fast Pass College Access Network provides comprehensive college readiness support, ensuring students are prepared for the transition from high school to higher education. Through tutoring, workshops, and study skill development, students are prepared to meet college admission requirements. Test preparation and enrichment activities further equip them to compete successfully and enter college with confidence.
Beyond academics, Fast Pass offers hands-on guidance with the college application process, financial aid, and long-term mentorship. Students receive one-on-one coaching on essays, applications, and recommendations, with special attention given to first-generation college applicants. Financial aid counseling demystifies FAFSA, scholarships, and affordability planning, while mentorship programs connect students to caring adults who provide ongoing support, encouragement, and advice throughout high school and into their college journey.
Dr. Christopher Vick
Founder & Lead Strategist
Dr. Christopher Vick is passionate about providing every student the greatest chance possible to attend the best college possible. He attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He continued on to take a Master’s Degree from Simmons College and a Doctorate Degree from Boston College. His professional journey took him into the world of college access with a focus on supporting learners as they transition to college.
Dr. Vick’s work in the Boston Metro area was particularly transformative. It was there that he observed that many students do not have access to robust college counseling. Further, many students could not compete with their peers that had families paying tens of thousands for private college coaches. Dr. Vick made it his mission to level the playing field. He has sought to provide the same high caliber of exceptional and personalized college counseling at an affordable price for students across the country. His efforts have paid off.
Through his deep understanding of the college application and selection process, Dr. Vick has helped hundreds of students along the path to college. His work has enabled the students he works with the opportunity to attend some of the most selective schools in the country. It is the work he is passionate about and results he intends to replicate for you.
Dr. Keith Lezama
Treasurer for the Board of Directors
Dr. Keith Lezama has 15+ years of experience serving as a visionary leader in K-12 and Higher Education creating comprehensive, rigorous and systematic educational programming. In his current role, he serves as Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, adjunct faculty member, Chair of the IDEAA (Inclusion, Diversity Equity, and Access through Action) Committee, and Coordinator and primary instructor in the DEI Certificate Program at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr. Lezama currently holds a seat on the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) Committee for professional development.
Dr. Lezama is the Co-Founder and Co-Chief Empowerment Officer of L&P Educational Services. An organization that was established to redefine educational communities to be conscious of the role race and culture play in pedagogy and leadership practices.
He is also the Founder of the Building Bridges, a Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) event in Boston, MA. The program is committed to ensuring students have greater access and opportunity to attend HBCUs and has served over 800+ students. The program hosts over 20+ HBCU admission representatives for a three-day event that offers informational sessions, a college fair, and on-site interviews that have produced over 200 on the spot acceptances and awarded over $250,000 in scholarships.
Dr. Lezama holds a Bachelor of Liberal Studies with a concentration in Education from Emmanuel College, a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Simmons University, and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from Northeastern University.
Dr. Adrian Mims
Secretary for the Board of Directors
Dr. Adrian B. Mims Sr. is the founder of The Calculus Project, a program that was derived from his dissertation, Improving African American Achievement in Geometry Honors. The goal of the project is to increase the number of Black, Hispanic and low income students enrolled in Calculus Honors, AP Calculus and AP Statistics so they can pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
The Calculus Project was inducted into the Minority Student Achievement Network’s Promising Practices Clearinghouse in 2011. In 2012, the College Board awarded Dr. Mims the Asa G. Hilliard Models of Success award for his commitment to closing the achievement gap for African Americans in mathematics and the Dr. Carlene Riccelli Assembly Leadership Award. In 2016, Dr. Mims was honored by Amtrak and the Boston Celtics where he received the Amtrak Pioneer Award for his work with Boston youth through The Calculus Project. In 2016, the Minority Achievement Office for Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, Florida, announced plans to implement The Calculus Project in the ninth largest school district in the country. In 2019, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recognized The Calculus Project as a Bright Spot in Middle Years Math, which resulted in a two-year development grant. To date, The Calculus Project is impacting over 7,000 students in over 100 middle and high schools in Massachusetts and Florida,
Dr. Mims currently serves as the National Calculus Project Director at Cambridge Education and the Executive Director of The Calculus Project and Leadership Academy, a program Dr. Mims started at Boston University in 2015. In both roles, his research focuses on developing sustainable practices in secondary and post-secondary institutions that closes the achievement gap in mathematics for students of color and low income students. Dr. Mims received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of South Carolina, a Master of Arts in Teaching Mathematics from Simmons College, a second masters in Educational Leadership from Simmons College, and his Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Boston College.
Currently, Dr. Mims serves on the boards of SCS Noonan Scholars, Accelerated College Experiences (ACE) and the Math Advisory board for EdVestors. He also continues to work on education equity issues with the College Board where he served as a trustee for four years.
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