Pat Williams is a lifelong Boston resident. In 1978, Pat moved to Los Angeles, and after returning to Boston, she founded The Word Boston in July of 2004. Pat’s career was as a legal assistant in Boston and Los Angeles, but her passion was to create an event-based platform that provides information to people in New England, “When I returned to Boston from Los Angeles, I found that there weren’t enough information sources in our city. That’s when I got the idea for The Word Boston,” Williams said. “I created The Word and sent it to 50 of my close friends and family members. It quickly became a success.”

Although Pat has a solid client base, most of her business comes through word of mouth, “My joy comes when a subscriber introduces herself/himself and tells me how much they enjoy my publication,” Williams said.

Pat has previously worked as a legal assistant in some of Los Angeles and Boston’s top law firms. She was also a Community Outreach and Marketing Coordinator for Citi Performing Arts Center and has appeared on WCVB Channel 5’s Cityline television program, BNN-TV shows Fernando’s Hideaway and Third Spaces, Brookline Access Television’s A Livelihood, and the Somerville Cable Access show Somerville Line. In September of 2011, Pat received the Associated Minority Business Enterprises’ Minority Media Cornerstone of the Year Award.