A dedicated resource for journalists covering Leaves and the Family Heritage Hub™ Launch
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Overview
Leaves Family Heritage Hub is a private, secure digital platform designed to help individuals and families capture, preserve, and connect life stories, voices, and wisdom across generations. In short, a Living Family Archive.
Founded by Michael O’Donnell, Leaves moves beyond traditional genealogy to focus on lived experience — the stories, values, guidance, and perspectives that are often lost within a generation. Mike was inspired to pioneer this platform after losing his family heritage in Hurricane Katrina.
The platform includes multiple applications, including Times of My Life (life‑story interviews) and Forever Voice (intentional, consent‑based preservation of voice and guidance).
Founder Short Bio (75 words)
Michael O’Donnell is the founder of the Leaves Legacy Project, a private digital platform for families dedicated to preserving life stories, voices, and wisdom across generations. With a lifelong interest in family storytelling, memory preservation, and meaning, O’Donnell created Leaves to help families move beyond genealogy and toward a more human form of legacy — one rooted in lived experiences, guidance, and values.
The Leaves® Legacy Project (Public Benefit Corporation)
The Leaves Legacy Project is a Public Benefit Corporation dedicated to helping individuals and families capture, preserve, and connect life stories, voices, media (family photos and videos), documents (birth certificates, marriage licenses, etc.), and wisdom across generations. The company is located in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, USA.
Its core product is the Leaves Family Heritage Hub — an integrated digital platform that brings together multiple applications and services into a single, private, family-owned environment.
The Leaves Family Heritage Hub
The Family Heritage Hub is the unifying platform for all Leaves applications. It provides families with a secure, long-term home for their stories, records, voices, and legacy assets — designed to endure beyond any single app.
Rather than focusing on genealogy alone, the Hub emphasizes lived experience, context, and continuity across time.
Applications on the Hub include:
Note: All the apps have been developed and are in quality-assurance testing. They will roll out publicly over the next several months.
Forever Voice™ (available now)
Forever Voice allows individuals to intentionally preserve their voice, values, stories, and life lessons so loved ones can continue to engage with that guidance over time.
It is private, consent-based, and family-owned by design. Forever Voice does not generate content beyond what the individual chooses to share, and it does not present itself as a living person. It is designed as presence with boundaries.
Forever Voice is often described by early users as:
- A way to answer questions their loved ones will ask later
- A means of passing down wisdom, not just memories
- A way to remain present when physical presence is no longer possible
Times of My Life® (available now)
Times of My Life® is a guided storytelling application that interviews individuals about their lives and transforms those conversations into written narratives. The app features the first AI-powered Virtual Biographer®.
It helps users reflect on their experiences, milestones, challenges, and growth — creating a lasting record of their life story that can be shared with family or preserved privately.
Times of My Life is currently live and serves as the foundation of the Leaves Family Heritage Hub.
Press Kit (Downloads)
All materials below are provided for editorial use. No registration or permissions are required.
- Forever Voice – Press Q&A (PDF)
Clear, quotable answers to common editorial questions about purpose, ethics, and design. - Founder Profile – Michael O’Donnell (PDF)
Short and long bio versions suitable for articles, podcasts, and interviews. Headshot. - Company Backgrounder – The Leaves Legacy Project (PDF)
Overview of the Public Benefit Corporation, mission, and platform. - Logos & Brand Assets (ZIP)
High-resolution logos (PNG). - Responsible Digital Immortality Manifesto
A human-centered approach to preserving life, voice, and legacy.
Founder Bio
Long Bio (150 words)
Michael O’Donnell is an entrepreneur and founder focused on preserving human stories, wisdom, and perspective in an increasingly digital world. He is the creator of the Leaves Family Heritage Hub, which includes applications such as Times of My Life and Forever Voice — tools designed to help individuals intentionally capture their life stories, voices, and guidance for future generations.
O’Donnell founded Leaves in response to a simple observation: most families lose voices within one generation, stories within two, and wisdom within three. After his family heritage was lost in Hurricane Katrina, O’Donnell was inspired to create a platform and tools to help people preserve their heritage and legacy. His work centers on building privacy‑first, consent‑based technology that serves families over the long term, without turning memory into spectacle or data into a commodity. More about why Mike created Leaves.
Key Facts
Company: The Leaves Legacy Project
Founder: Michael O’Donnell
Founded: United States
Focus: Family heritage, life stories, legacy preservation, and generational continuity
Products: Times of My Life, Forever Voice (with additional applications in development)
Core Principles: Privacy‑first, consent‑based, family‑owned data
Target Audience: Parents, grandparents, families, mentors, coaches, and founders
Quotes (Approved for Editorial Use)
“This isn’t about living forever. It’s about being there when your family needs you — even if you can’t be there physically.”
“Stories fade quickly. Wisdom doesn’t have to.”
“We’re not trying to replace people. We’re trying to preserve perspective.”
“At Leaves, digital immortality* doesn’t mean living forever—it means preserving a person’s stories, voice, and values ethically and with consent, so future generations can still connect with who they were.”
*Responsible digital immortality, as defined by Leaves, is the ethical preservation of a person’s stories, voice, and lived perspective—created intentionally while they are alive, guided by consent and privacy, and designed to support human connection across generations without pretending to replace the person themselves. Read our Digital Immortality Manifesto.
Press Coverage and Releases
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Media Contact
For interviews, background, or embargoed access:
Michael O’Donnell
Founder, Leaves Family Heritage Hub
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://leaves.us
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