Snapshot:

Born and raised in Washington, DC, I was educated in DC Public High Schools. Big ups to DCPS! After graduating from Woodrow Wilson Senior High School in 1989 (WHOO HOO 20 years - I don't even look that old!   ) I moved to Los Angeles for a spell.  I was 18/19 at the time. I just ran amuck, like a typical young adult.  Didn't like L.A. to much.  Now that think back on it, it was too much freedom for a child.  An adult in the minds of the law, but still a child when came to my thoughts and actions. So I decided to head up and return to the East coast.  Got my self together working that 9 to 6 (I  wish it was to 5, but we had a unpaid 1 hour lunch break.), at the Roots Activity Learning Center, an independent African-centered school, as an administrative assistant.

While at Roots, I worked tirelessly on my undergraduate degree, first at Montgomery College then transferring to the University of Maryland University College.  That was a long nine years. But I did graduate from UMUC  in May 2000 with a Bachelors of Science. I majored in Management, minored in Behavioral and Social Sciences.  Hey, I  am also real smart - so smart I became a member of the Tau Chapter, Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society in 1999  holding down a 4.0 GPA. I was on the Deans List at both Montgomery College and University of Maryland University College. (But as silly as I am, you probably would not guess I am that smart. TOOT TOOT)

In 1997, I had my first baby. A daughter, now at 11 going on 12  and is taking me through the ringer in trying to teach her time management and good organizational skills. But she is a repeated honor roll student offender. :-)

In 1998, I came up with the name ZETAZEN as my internet handle. Before long I was just known as Zeta or Z.  I've written lots of poetry under the ZETAZEN pen name.

After obtaining my degree and soaring as high as I could at Roots, (Office Manager), (haha at SOARING, if that's what I want to call it) I entered into a sweet deal with the Federal government.  I was hired under the Outstanding Scholar Program (now defunct because the program has been reworked -  that was nine years ago) for recent college graduates with a G.P.A. of 3.4 and higher.  I entered the Feds working as a Human Resources Specialist specializing in Classification. Not that means anything to anyone, but it it was foundation for learning HR Management for the government. Now I do something different in the Federal government...still in HRM...just more "strategic".

In 2002, I had another baby. Another daughter, now at 6 going 7 and she is taking me through the ringer in trying to teach her to read with fluency.  I really don't like first grade homework. lol :-)

Since 2000,  I have completed a dual graduate degree program at the University of Maryland University College. I have a Master of Science in Management (specializing in Human Resources Management), 2003 and a MBA, 2004. Currently, I'm back in school obtaining my third Master degree, a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (2009) at National University.  I am specializing in screenwriting.

I have completed three screenplays - IN THE ZONE, Church Chick, and Crofton Triangle.  Crofton Triangle is my thesis for school. I'm in the rewriting stages now.  I NEED AN AGENT!  But I am published at something.  I wrote , INFINITY: A JOURNEY THROUGH LOVE a collection of sappy love poems between myself and youngest daughter's dad. Awww they weren't that sappy at the time. It was pure love. 

So this is me, Michelle R Sweeny and ZETAZEN. This website is a mash up of the two.  Some people know me as Michelle others as Zeta.  Whatever you know me as, I hope you enjoy my piece of the internet.