Emma F. Rudkin

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Emma Faye Rudkin of Boerne is Executive Director and founder of Aid the Silent, a nonprofit that advocates for deaf and hard of hearing children. Aid the Silent has given away over $1 million in hearing aids since its inception in 2015.. Through Aid the Silent, she organizes the annual Good Vibrations Music and Arts Festival, the largest all-day, deaf accessible festival in the United States. She is also a musician and speaker, and was a finalist in the Miss Texas Pageant in 2017 In 2020, she created “Hank and Emma Faye” signing time segments with her hearing service dog on KLRN PBS, which won an Emmy. Recently, Emma won Outstanding Young Rotarian award in San Antonio. Rudkin received a Bachelor of Science in Communications and Nonprofit Management from The University of Texas at San Antonio Honors College.