Lydia was born in Bogotá Colombia. She earned a Bachelor Degree in Economics from the Universidad Externado de Colombia and along with her husband J. Alberto Moyano Ferrer founded UNILATINA, higher education institution in 1998 in Bogota, Colombia. In 1995, she received a Master Degree in Higher Education Administration from Universidad de los Andes. She has devoted her life developing entrepreneurial leaders. Lydia and Alberto created the Holistic Model of Education, which works on the professional development of the individual but also on the personal and intuitive development.