Meet Ant Toombs

Published on June 14, 2023

Anthony (Ant} Toombs Sr. is the Senior Playmaker Guide md Outreach Specialist for The Life is Good Playmaker Project LiGPP}, a 501(c}(3} nonprofit organization with a mission to spread the power of optimism to help kids heal. 

Throughout his 15 years with LiGPP, Ant has partnered with thousands of Early Childhood professionals across the United States and Haiti to help create more safe, loving, and joyful environments for kids to engage, connect, and explore. Ant, along with the entire LiGP team believes that when children grow to see the good in themselves, the good in others, and the good in their world - their social, emotional, and cognitive superpowers emerge. 

Today, Ant inspires audiences with true stories of how optimism can be harnessed to overcome adversity, and how ANYONE can cultivate a more optimistic disposition to 
insulate against toxic stress, connect more easily, and experience more Joy. 

 

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