


Located in Providence, Rhode Island, Rebelle Bagels hand make their bagels, cream cheese and lox daily. These unexpected flavors are not limited to just bagels, they extend to their very own line of cream cheese, lox, and lunch items. During COVID she and Rebelle had to be incredibly flexible in order to continue pr0viding customers with the value and quality they were accustomed to.Ĭustomers rave about the fun and interesting flavors that Rebelle Bagels creates on a daily basis. Melina has shown her perseverance and resilience in times of challenge. She has done an amazing job pursing a goal and has achieved great success.

Milena Pagan earned a Entrepreneur of the Year Award New England recently and she deserved it. People ask Pagan about the water, among other things, and she said, 'Providences water makes perfect bagels.' Details: Rebelle Artisan Bagels, 110 Doyle Ave., Providence,. Her success with a Kickstarter campaign granted Rebelle Bagels to pursue a storefront in Providence and they were able to open their doors in the summer of 2017. She has found a way to put a twist on handmade, New York style bagels that differentiates herself from the rest of bagel makers in Providence, Rhode Island. Pagan held pop-up shops and promoted her bagels to everyone she could. She identified a problem, and found a way to profit and satisfy that need. Milena Pagan is an incredibly determined person. Pagan experimented for several months to create the perfect recipe, then quit her job at CVS and launched Rebelle Artisan Bagels. Milena Pagan graduated from MIT with a degree in chemical engineering, followed by a job with CVS Health as an Omnichannel Strategist, but after several years she needed to share her passion for homemade bagels after finding it hard to get New York style bagels that she really enjoyed. Milena Pagan is a self-proclaimed “corporate-retail-strategist-turned-bagel-maker.” Pagan was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Massachusetts to get her degree at MIT.
