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[[Image:James Kitts.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Picture of James Kitts (Leaves Cuomo).]] | [[Image:James Kitts.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Picture of James Kitts (Leaves Cuomo).]] | ||
'''Leaves Cuomo''' (born August 31 1971) is son of [[Frank Cuomo]] and [[Beverly Shoenberger]] as well as the younger brother of [[Rivers Cuomo]]. | '''Leaves Cuomo''' (born August 31 1971) is son of [[Frank Cuomo]] and [[Beverly Shoenberger]] as well as the younger brother of [[Rivers Cuomo]]. As an adult, Cuomo (legally James Anthony Kitts) teaches courses on "New Religious Movements" at the University of Washington in Seattle. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Childhood=== | ===Childhood=== | ||
Cuomo received his name because his mother was anticipating him to be born in October when the leaves would be changing. Said Cuomo, "Maybe they were planning on naming me after the leaves that would be changing in September/October? But I was [born] premature." He lived at the Zen Center in upstate New York until his father | Cuomo received his name because his mother was anticipating him to be born in October when the leaves would be changing. Said Cuomo, "Maybe they were planning on naming me after the leaves that would be changing in September/October? But I was [born] premature." He lived at the Zen Center in upstate New York until his father left his mother in 1975. Afterwards, Cuomo traveled with his family to [[Yogaville]] where he spent the remainder of his early childhood. Life on an ashram farm had an impact on him. | ||
In the 1980s when Yogaville moved, the Kitts family chose to remain in CT and relocate to Storrs Mansfield. There, the family lived at an apartment in Warrenville and eventually a home on South Eagleville Rd. Once out of the commune, the two Cuomo children began to prepare for public schools. According to Rivers, they taught each other to swear to fit in. Rivers also said that they were beaten up frequently. Upon entering public school, both Rivers and Leaves began to go by the last name of Kitts (their stepfather's surname) rather than Cuomo. According to [[Justin Fisher]] (a longtime friend of the boys), Rivers and Leaves' parents permitted them to go by new first names to help them fit in better. Leaves chose to go by the name Jimmy Kitts. | In the 1980s when Yogaville moved, the Kitts family chose to remain in CT and relocate to Storrs Mansfield. There, the family lived at an apartment in Warrenville and eventually a home on South Eagleville Rd. Once out of the commune, the two Cuomo children began to prepare for public schools. According to Rivers, they taught each other to swear to fit in. Rivers also said that they were beaten up frequently. Upon entering public school, both Rivers and Leaves began to go by the last name of Kitts (their stepfather's surname) rather than Cuomo. According to [[Justin Fisher]] (a longtime friend of the boys), Rivers and Leaves' parents permitted them to go by new first names to help them fit in better. Leaves chose to go by the name Jimmy Kitts. | ||