Ariel Blackwood Carroll lost her first tooth vacationing along the Emerald Coast and has been in love with the area ever since. Today, she is a global real estate advisor with the Jabbour Luxury Group at Scenic Sotheby’s International Realty.

She earned dual bachelor’s degrees in communications studies and religion from Furman University and jokes about "having her GED in real estate" long before becoming licensed, thanks to sitting at the dinner...