Washington, D.C., summer of 2022.

At 5 a.m., Jalen Travis wakes up and heads to the gym to get his workout in. The Princeton offensive tackle gets up that early not because he has football practice or classes to get to, but because he has work – and that starts at 7 a.m.

After his workout, he heads to Capitol Hill, where he starts compiling news clippings. From there, he does everything from answering phones and opening mail to fulfilling constituent requests and escorting guests around the building. When he's done for the day, he heads home and prepares to do it all over again the next day.

As a Congressional Intern in the Office of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Travis spent the summer after his sophomore year of college balancing offseason football work with his internship responsibilit

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