In 2014, her company was chosen to be in the first cohort of the Start.SC incubator program for companies scaling toward $10 million dollars in five years. She has more than two decades of experience teaching elementary school, coaching and directing children’s programs. Royal was a finalist for the 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year Award presented by the Grand Strand Technology Council. She was also featured as a 2015 WIPL preconference speaker. Royal earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Roanoke College.