House of Puerto Rico in downtown San Diego's Balboa Park is a nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1972 by Dona Casilda Pagan, operating La Casita—the only Caribbean cottage among the House of Pacific Relations International Cottages—since its 2006 inauguration at 2172 Pan American East Road. The mini-museum displays Taino, Spanish, and African heritage artifacts that trace the island's tri-cultural roots, presenting a Caribbean perspective within the same multicultural education framework used by the WorldBeat Cultural Center at Balboa Park's northern edge. Weekend programming features live salsa and bomba music, domino tournaments, and rotating exhibits on Puerto Rican visual art and literature through an active book club. The organization also funds student scholarships and mobilized community hurricane-relief drives after Hurricane Maria in 2017, channeling donations through the same park infrastructure that supports youth performance programming at San Diego Junior Theatre. La Casita's highest-profile annual event is the Dia de San Juan Festival, a full-day celebration producing live musical acts, traditional cuisine stations, and cultural workshops across the Pan American Plaza grounds.