KUTF CIGAR LINE

Authentic hand-made cigars by Cuban Master Rollers using the finest aged and rare tobaccos from around the world. Each cigar is encased in a sealed glass tube to ensure freshness.

Ernie Mariscal is a inspirational speaker who endured abuse as a child, experienced homelessness as a teen, and eventually dropped out of high school.

After facing a near-death experience that changed his life for the better, he went back to school, graduated, and joined the United States Army when he was 19 years old. Ernie proudly served his country for 21 years with two deployments to Iraq. His first deployment was from 2004 to 2005 with the 1st Cavalry Division; and his second from 2009 to 2010 with the 1st Infantry Division, as a combat advisor to Iraqi forces. However grueling his life and military career had been up until that point, Ernie was yet to face his most difficult task after retiring from the Army in 2012—figuring out how to adjust to civilian life.

Ernie went through five different jobs within one year in his attempt to adjust to normalcy, but severe depression slowly crept into his life. Ernie began drinking heavily to cope with suicidal thoughts while his mental illness consumed him, until fate stepped into his life one day in the form of a phone call: A local high school administrator who had heard Ernie’s story invited him to speak to a classroom about his military career.

The instant Ernie stood and spoke in front of those students, he felt something he had never felt before—his calling. Ernie realized that day that he was born to motivate and inspire others to do better in life. Today, Ernie has spoken to staff at many corporations about Veteran transitions and overcoming PTSD, workplace leadership, healing from abuse, maximizing your opportunities in life. His Motto is ” I am addicted to inspiring the world!”