Yesss! Our next CEOs and Cigars interview was with Enid Blanton the CEO/ Owner of Ancestry Cigars Inc
Ancestry Cigars Inc was founded August 28, 2020, by Enid Blanton a Veteran of the United States Air Force. Enid is the first African American female in the State of Illinois to hold a premium tobacco license. Ancestry Cigars can be found throughout the United and internationally.

Ms. Blanton is an amazing entrepreneur who shared so much, not only about Ancestry but about being a woman entrepreneur who is also in the industry.

Find her on Instagram, Facebook and more as ANCESTRY CIGARS!

Tonight, we interviewed an awesome mover and shaker in the cigar industry. She is helping to put women on the map.

Melissa Whitfield, commonly referred to as Mel is the owner of M. Lashay's Alluring Smoke, founder of Chicago Smoke and Sail Weekend and Cigar Queens of the Midwest.

Mel is helping bring things about for the women in the industry specifically in the Midwest to show others it's not a trend, it's a lifestyle.

Women in the cigar industry is ridiculously huge.

Welcome Tabitha Smith CEO and founder of Cig and Sip, LLC. Luxury cigar accessories for you to enjoy your cigar. Visit her site as you listen to Tab tell us her cigar story!

One thing of importance is her expression of the culture!

A-1!!

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://traveled101.wordpress.com/2021/10/15/i-needed-me/

Sometimes you must take a moment and regroup. I was blessed to have had that opportunity last year. Here is a an episode of a blog I've written about the experience. 

This is important because you need self-care and self-awareness about who you are and your purpose.