Loudes was born in Valencia, Venezuela. She comes from a family of educators and that motivated her to start working and prepare herself academically. She graduated from The Pedagogical Monsignor Arias Blanco in Venezuela obtaining a degree in Education. Later on, she obtained a Master’s degree in Advanced Management Education and second a Master's degree in Educational Research, from the University of Carabobo. She worked for 27 years in a High School setting and at the same time worked at the Universidad Nacional Abierta for 25 years.