For many Coloradans, the pandemic has led to elevated levels of stress, isolation and anxiety, but the slow return to living life in-person can come with challenges too. Max Knoll, an 18-year old senior at Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins, has experienced mental health ups and downs throughout the pandemic, particularly during remote learning. “COVID was just almost a lot of nothingness, really,” Max said. “Because every day you would just get out of bed and go to school and the school wasn't at school, it was a computer at your desk like five feet from your bed.”