Traveling Mother And Son Duo Pen Children's Book About Their Homeland, Eritrea Deborah Haile is a native of Eritrea, who grew up in Minnesota and now lives in Miami. A busy working mom, she enjoys traveling the world with her nine-year-old son, Jonah Seyum. Together, Deborah and Jonah are best-selling authors and the CEOs of Tiny Global Footprints, through which they have now published three books they co-authored and two written solely by Jonah.