Understanding the factors that lead to academic resilience and success despite daily challenges that first-generation Latinx students face is imperative to finding solutions and increasing advocacy efforts for the Latinx population. To understand the factors that increase academic resilience and success, it is important to understand the barriers that Latinx students endure. Barriers include the lack of knowledge about the U.S. educational system, language, acculturation, assimilation, low socioeconomic status (SES), and inadequate resources for Latinx students. This proposed study will examine the factors that increase academic resilience and success of first-generation Latinx students in college through a qualitative study using a hermeneutic phenomenological framework. This proposed study will also provide insight through exploration about the importance of factors that lead to the academic resilience and success of first-generation Latinx students such as family support, self-efficacy during adversity, and the importance of mentorship programs within Latinx communities and schools. The hermeneutic phenomenological approach will examine the lived experiences of first-generation Latinx college students in Central Florida to understand the factors that encouraged them to sustain internal motivation to attend institutions of higher education while succeeding academically. This proposed study aims to contribute to the increased effectiveness of counselors and counselor educators. This will also increase multicultural awareness about the Latinx population by educating counselors and counselor educators on best practices when working with Latinx. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]