Ernesto Padilla
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Ernesto Padilla （born 1972 in Havana, Cuba） is a Cuban-American artist, graphic designer and cigar maker.
He is the son of Cuban poet, Heberto Padilla.
Padilla was born to Heberto Padilla, a Cuban writer and poet, and his wife, the artist and poet Belkis Cuza Malé.
Heberto Padilla was out of favor with the government of Fidel Castro at the time of Ernesto's birth, and the family was living under house arrest in an apartment in the Marianao neighborhood of Havana.
In 1979, Padilla and his mother were allowed to leave Cuba for the United States.
His father, Heberto, was not allowed to leave Cuba until 1980.
They initially settled in Miami, Florida, but later moved to Princeton, New Jersey.
After graduating from high school in Princeton, New Jersey, Ernesto embarked upon a career in the graphic arts, and studied at several schools,
including the Art Institute of Philadelphia, the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and the Miami School of Design.
He has participated in numerous art exhibitions throughout the USA and currently has works at The Gallery of Cuban Art at La Casa Azul in Fort Worth, Texas.
After completing his schooling, Ernesto began working in advertising, working on various major accounts.
He moved to Miami to take a job with Tabacalera Perdomo, where he was involved in marketing and product development.
He himself had not been involved in the cigar and tobacco industry prior to his work at Perdomo, but he comes from a family that had been deeply involved in tobacco in Cuba.
His great-grandparents had owned a tobacco plantation in the Pinar del Río region of Cuba, and his father had grown up on it.
Ernesto attributes his love of cigars and the tobacco business to his father: "He always had a passion for cigars. He was like a secondary ambassador for cigars…I always loved it,
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