Everyone has stories to tell. Everyone is a part of living history. Through Life, Collected I offer story capturing and archive services to ensure that your loved ones leave a legacy in their own words. At the very beginning of 2022, my grandmother passed away. My family was incredibly lucky to have a wealth of archival materials that she had saved and to have her oral history collected by the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimony. That experience, combined with my background in public history and archives, inspired me to start Life, Collected. So that I may help you and your family have the same trove of memories, stories, and documents.

 

Oral History.

I will conduct oral history interviews with you or your family member. You will receive a video of the interview as well as a time stamped transcript of the video in whatever format you choose. Oral histories give people an opportunity to reflect on historic events in their lifetime and tell their own story in their own words.

Oral histories can be done in person and/or remotely.

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Family Archive.

Tucked away in drawers and folders may be documents that elaborate on the rich histories of our families. I will help you organize and preserve those documents so that the stories they tell can be passed on for generations.

Additionally, I can do local archival research to try and fill in gaps that you and your family is curious about.

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Death Planning.

Legacy work also involves the way you want to be remembered in the moments after death. Having a death plan ensures that those who love and care for you have instructions and directions to fulfill your wishes. I will help walk you through different possibilities and ways to create a detailed and effective death plan.

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Peer Support.

Do you want to interview your own family members? Do you want information to take home to your loved ones about death planning? Contact me to book a peer support session and I will help guide you through these processes.

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Testimonials

  • “I’ve had the honor of being in several conversations Yael has facilitated and I’m always amazed by the way they perfectly synthesize the various offerings in a group and use them as a guide to propel the conversation forward. She makes sure everyone is heard and never loses sight of the bigger goal”

    -Tedra James

  • "Yael helped me expand on what an archive could be. Her passion for familial legacy and the archived memory is inspiring to say the least. I am a better person after working with Yael Horowitz."

    -Elizabeth Routhier, Gelman Special Collections

  • “Yael's facilitation and organizing skills are remarkable. Yael is a deep listener and excels at generating thoughtful and concise consensus, especially in tense situations, and then trains others to do the same. Learning and working with Yael has been nothing short of a gift!”

    - Laila Makled, LM Consulting

  • “Yael is a thoughtful collaborator and a talented facilitator. She designed an interactive, engaging session to facilitate peer learning, sharing, and reflection. Yael created lasting resources for our network and brought their wisdom and care every step of the way.”

    -Lucy Marshall, Director, Rising TIde

  • "Yael's ability to craft brave spaces for unpacking uncomfortable conversations is unparalleled. Naturally, their commitment to guiding others through the heaviness of grief, death, and dying galvanizes others into global-minded action. In working with Yael, I have learned so much about merging personal passions with community-centered healing and how to better love myself, my neighbor, and the world."

    -Rachel Godfrey, Writer, Artist, Educator

  • "It was a pleasure working with Yael Horowitz. For the first few minutes it felt a little strange being interviewed because it was a new experience for me. It didn't take long before I forgot I was being interviewed and I felt as if I was having a conversation with a friend, though a conversation where I did most of the talking. Yael is really good at what she does."

    - Judy Blatt, Oral History Subject