The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore how community college adjunct faculty in the Southwest United States described the role of resilience in their lived experience as faculty while teaching during COVID-19. Phenomenological studies extract human perceptions of roles and are based on lived experiences told from the first-person viewpoint. This study was based on how community college adjunct faculty described the role of resilience in their lived experience as faculty during COVID-19 and its subsequent push to move from face-to-face to online teaching. This study answered the following research question: How do community college adjunct faculty describe the role of resilience in their lived experience as faculty during COVID-19? A qualitative phenomenological design provided the necessary information about the lived experience of adjunct faculty and their resilience while teaching during COVID-19. The sample for this study was eight individuals that met the study criteria having taught at a community college within the Southwest, United States during COVID-19. The eight participants were selected using purposeful sampling which intentionally sought a sample knowledgeable and who lived the experience during COVID-19. Raw data for this study were collected and recorded via virtual interviews using Zoom. Findings of this study revealed that resilience and its traits as described by study participants demonstrated that they leaned into resilience while living through and teaching during COVID-19. [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://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]