I'm Kathleen Pagán, a Puerto Rican food writer, recipe developer, and founder of Endlessly Elated. Born and raised in New York to Puerto Rican parents, I spent much of my career in corporate finance, eventually becoming CFO before leaving to build a business of my own.

Originally centered on food, entertaining, and design, Endlessly Elated took an entirely new direction after my mother's passing. What began in the pursuit of recovering her recipes has grown into a deeper exploration. Today, my work is dedicated to Puerto Rican food, from developing recipes to examining its history, politics, and cultural representation. At the center of that work is my first cookbook, part memoir and all family recipes, which I am writing in my mother’s honor.