Bautista along with Miriam Merlin and Let Dimzon played with the Philippine women's national football team of the 1980s coached by Orlando Plagata.
[4] Bautista was appointed as the head coach of the Philippine women's national football team in April 2015 becoming the first woman to lead the women's senior national team of the Philippines.
[5][6] Bautista mentored the national squad which secured qualification for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
[8] She was shortlisted for the 2017 AFC Women's Coach Of The Year Award[9] along with Gao Hong of China and Asako Takakura of Japan.
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