[5] At the age of 14, after she completed primary school, she was forced to travel to Mexico City to work and support her family.

[2] She started organizing domestic workers around the same time, meeting at a north side park in Mexico City.

[4] Bautista founded the organization Centro de Apoyo y Capacitación para Empleadas del Hogar (CACEH) in 2000.

Through CACEH, Bautista pursued legal reforms requiring employers to enroll their workers in social security.

[3] In 2019, Bautista was invited to attend the 91st Academy Awards by Alfonso Cuarón, director of the 2018 film Roma, which follows the life of a live-in housekeeper.