Pamela Clark-Raines is the co-founder of StrengthBuilding Partners and developed and copyrighted StrengthBuilding™. She has a master’s degree in social work, over 35 years of experience in counseling and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker.

In 2014 she also co-founded Las Puertas Community School in order to offer a StrengthBuilding place for kids to learn and grow.

She wears many hats at Las Puertas but her role as the School Social Worker is her absolute favorite!

Clark-Raines loves reading, spending time with her husband, daughter and son-in-law and discovering new and inventive ways to make a difference in the lives of the students and families who make up the Las Puertas Community.

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Coach Will Nicholas, new Principal to Las Puertas Community School.  He is from Juneau, Alaska and has been a member of the Las Puertas family for over eight years. 

Coach Will graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2006 and completed his Masters Degree in Education at the University of Arizona in 2014. 

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In his spare time, Coach Will coaches a 12/13 year old travel baseball team that is number 1 in the state or Arizona and nationally ranked on a consistent basis.

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Coach Will enjoys spending time with his young sons, Bo & Nolan, and his wife Sara.

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