RESTON, Va. — Annie Weishaar, a member of the Phillipsburg High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Chapter, has been selected to receive one of just 14 scholarships of the 2019 FCCLA Japanese Exchange, sponsored by the Kikkoman Corp. and FCCLA.

The exchange scholarship, worth more than $11,000, is for the FCCLA members to travel to Japan for four to six weeks as an exchange student.

“Part of the application included writing many different essays explaining my interest in studying in Japan, as well as my ideas about what I could contribute to the program. I also had to interview over Skype,” Weishaar said. “I am excited to be dropped into a culture with other students my age and get the opportunity to use the language I have been learning.