Bauer is partner at Bauer and Bauer PC, and Bauer Title Group LLC. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and a life member of the Texas Family Law Foundation. She is also president of the Beeville Chapter of Pan American Round Tables of Texas, a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Beeville, a member of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association, and a past board member of Bee County Habitat for Humanity.
Bauer received a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and a law degree from South Texas College of Law.