Jerell Cotton, son of Kelvin Burns and Renee Cotton of Kansas City, Kan., earned an undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis on May 16.
Cotton graduated with a bachelor of arts in Spanish and a minor in public health. Cotton graduated from Sumner Academy of Arts and Science in 2010.
Cotton was among the more than 2,800 students who received degrees at the university’s 153rd Commencement ceremony.