About Us

Bauer, Willis & Associates is an independent public accounting office founded by Patricia A. Bauer, CPA in 1999 and joined by business partner Theresa Willis, CPA in 2002.

These two professionals came together to serve the local community's needs.

Our staff is comprised of a group of highly skilled women who bring over 75 combined years of business expertise to you. While tax preparation, accounting and reporting are the primary focus of our team, our areas of expertise also include cash flow management, strategic planning, IT consulting, custom software design, and web design.


Meet the Team


  • Patricia A. Bauer, CPA

    Patricia A. Bauer, CPA

    Pat earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and received a MBA from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Pat held a wide variety of financial and management accounting positions in the financial services industry for 25 years prior to starting the firm in 1999. She has provided ...

  • Theresa A. Willis, CPA

    Theresa A. Willis, CPA

    Theresa (Tee) grew up in a military family living in nine places before the age of 13. Since then, she has called San Antonio home raising her two sons here. Tee has over 25 years of progressive experience in accounting and business planning including financial statement preparation and analysis, budgeting, product pricing, tax preparation and ...

  • Kylene O’Connor Carse, CPA

    Kylene O’Connor Carse, CPA

    Kylene joined the BWA team in August of 2003, after graduating Cum Laude with a BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Kylene received her CPA license in February of 2005 becoming the third CPA in the BWA office. She supports over 75 business clients and over 100 individual tax clients ...

  • Marisol Orozco, CPA

    Marisol Orozco, CPA

    Marisol began her business career at a very young age where she assisted her family with their small business. She is a graduate of the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, located in Monterrey, Mexico. Marisol has worked in public accounting firms in Virginia and North Carolina. She returned to Texas and joined the BWA team in November of 2004. ...

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    Angelica M. Gonzalez, IT/Web Developer

    Angelica is a native Colombian who has worked as a software developer and systems analyst since 1995. She received her Associates Degree in Computer Programming from San Antonio College in 2001 and her Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree in Computer Information Systems from Texas A&M, Kingsville in 2004. Angelica joined the BWA team in ...

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    Christina A. Niikura, Professional Staff

    Christina joined the BWA team in December 2009. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas and received a Master of Science in Accountancy from the University of Phoenix in 2009. Christina was born and raised in rural Kansas. She took every opportunity to work and travel each summer throughout college. She ...

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    Jan Aguirre, Professional Staff

    Jan is one of the newer members of the BWA team, having joined the firm in August, 2011. Jan has over 23 years of experience in accounting and tax. She studied accounting at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. After school, she began her career in Miami, Florida, but moved back “home” to Texas after living in ...

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    Rose Marquez, Professional Staff

    Rose received her BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She began working with our team during the 2011 tax season. Rose is an experienced tax preparer and is currently working toward her CPA certification. Prior to joining us, Rose worked at a local CPA firm and has five years experience in public ...

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    Remy Bauer, VP of Public Relations

    My mom, Pat, takes me to work with her every day. I look forward to my office responsibilities which include greeting BWA clients as they come in the door. For my hard work I receive cookie treats throughout the day. I spend much of the day sleeping, looking out of the windows with my brother, ...

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    Jagger Willis, VP of Public Relations

    My mom, Tee, arrives at the office every day with me in tow. I enjoy my office responsibilities which include announcing the presence of anything with small wheels near the office and greeting clients. Although I don’t draw a paycheck, I’m rewarded with treats throughout the day. When I’m not working, I enjoy sleeping on ...