A Modern Story film series · For Restaurant Associates
Aptitude Potential Training
Thirteen women. Three courses each. One program built to grow leaders from within.
Aptitude Potential Training — 2026
The program film3:18 · Press play
The women, their coaches, and the work behind the plates.
The chef profiles
Nicole Vergara
Profile 012:01 · Press play
Her mother’s Colombian recipes, plated for the Delta One lounge at JFK.
Jenny Guanaquiza
Profile 021:44 · Press play
Ecuador by way of New York — plantains, and the mango she grew up on.
Piper Burkett
Profile 032:02 · Press play
A Vietnamese menu built to reach a side of her family she has never met.
Marie Millimono
Profile 041:52 · Press play
West Africa on the plate — fonio, and a madd fruit she carried back herself.
Angie Grullon
Profile 051:52 · Press play
Plantain through all three courses, finished with a Dominican meringue she had never attempted.
Best with sound, full screen.
Jason Belkov · Modern Story