[1] Toliver began her career as an assistant at Walt Disney Pictures, where she worked on The Mighty Ducks film series.
[1][2] She was later hired as a production executive at Walt Disney Animation Studios and worked on movies such as Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons.
[1][3][4] After ten years at Fox, in 2017 Toliver moved to Sony Pictures Animation as a senior vice president of creative development.
[6] After her promotion, Toliver assisted Cherry as a side project, and arranged for the film to be shown in theaters ahead of The Angry Birds Movie 2.
[4] Toliver received a 2020 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film for Hair Love, shared with Matthew A. Cherry,[8] becoming the first African-American woman to win in that category.