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  • Home
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Healthy Eating
  • Healthy Activities
  • Recipes
  • Even More Resources
  • Stress Management
  • Resources for Teens
  • Online & Local Resources
  • Espanol

About Us

Grow 2B Fit

Shook Yap, Vice President

Jessica Schultz, Founder

Grow 2B Fit is a Tucson-based 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to combat childhood obesity through nutrition and exercise education, mentor-ship and community outreach.


Grow 2B Fit was founded in 2010 and has been serving Tucson families ever since!  Our biggest projects have been the creation of the Recipe for a Healthy Family progra

Grow 2B Fit is a Tucson-based 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to combat childhood obesity through nutrition and exercise education, mentor-ship and community outreach.


Grow 2B Fit was founded in 2010 and has been serving Tucson families ever since!  Our biggest projects have been the creation of the Recipe for a Healthy Family program and helping Apollo Middle School renovate their old home-ec kitchen in to the amazing teaching kitchen it is today!

Jessica Schultz, Founder

Shook Yap, Vice President

Jessica Schultz, Founder

  Jessica has been a general pediatrician at Children’s Medical Center of Tucson for the past 12 years. In 2010, due to growing concern about the number of overweight and obese children she was seeing in her clinic, she founded the Grow 2B Fit Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Through Grow 2B Fit, she has had the privilege of working wi

  Jessica has been a general pediatrician at Children’s Medical Center of Tucson for the past 12 years. In 2010, due to growing concern about the number of overweight and obese children she was seeing in her clinic, she founded the Grow 2B Fit Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Through Grow 2B Fit, she has had the privilege of working with many families who are committed to changing the lives and health of their children, as well as many amazing volunteers who are passionate about children’s health and curbing the obesity epidemic. She lives with her husband and two dogs and loves running, yoga, meditation and swimming.     

Shook Yap, Vice President

Shook Yap, Vice President

Shook Yap, Vice President

Dr. Shook Yap is a pediatrician at Children’s Medical Center of Tucson. Before coming to Tucson, she was in a pediatric residency program in Phoenix, AZ, where she was involved in starting a childhood obesity project, ‘GET HIP’ in her last residency year. When she joined Children’s Medical Center of Tucson in 2010, her interest in childho

Dr. Shook Yap is a pediatrician at Children’s Medical Center of Tucson. Before coming to Tucson, she was in a pediatric residency program in Phoenix, AZ, where she was involved in starting a childhood obesity project, ‘GET HIP’ in her last residency year. When she joined Children’s Medical Center of Tucson in 2010, her interest in childhood obesity continued to grow with Grow 2b Fit Foundation. She hopes to help this generation of young, enthusiastic children fight childhood obesity through Grow 2b Fit. She is married, with two children.  Her favorite pastimes are swimming, running, zumba and dancing. She enjoys camping, biking & hiking with her family.  

Courtney Nielsen, Executive Director

Courtney is a certified personal trainer and has been working with Grow 2B Fit since 2013. She has taught kids and adults in fitness, wellness, and cooking classes, and works with our intern team to create amazing content for you!

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