Meet Our Providers – FreshAir Health Services
At FreshAir Health Services, our team of highly qualified providers is dedicated to supporting clients in Owings Mills, Reisterstown, Pikesville, Randallstown, and greater Baltimore County, Maryland. We offer compassionate, individualized psychiatric and mental health care through both in-person and telehealth appointments.
Grace Emasealu, DNP, CRNP-PMH
Grace Emasealu is a dual-certified nurse practitioner. She earned her doctorate with a focus in psychiatric-mental health from the University of Massachusetts Global, Irvine, California. She received her adult primary care degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She has over 15 years of combined experience as an adult primary care and psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner. She has worked in diverse settings, including urgent care, Federally Qualified Health Centers, corrections, post-acute care, and long-term care settings.
She is passionate about helping clients attain their optimal level of functioning.
In her leisure, she enjoys taking long walks and sightseeing.
Brandy Cloud, DNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, LCPC, AAHIVM-S.
Brandy Cloud is a dual-certified Psychiatric Mental Health and Family Nurse Practitioner. She is also a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. She spent the last 13 years as an active-duty officer with the United States Public Health Service. She has provided care across the lifespan in various settings, including rural, urban, disaster, and emergency areas, throughout the country. She began her career in mental health as a licensed therapist before becoming a nurse practitioner. She has over 17 years of experience supporting individuals through life’s challenges, utilizing a holistic approach. She is warm, collaborative, and roots her care in respect for her clients’ unique journeys.
She uses a person-centered approach, ensuring that interventions are guided by clients’ needs, values, and goals. She utilizes evidence-based, integrative practices to create a space where healing and growth can occur, empowering clients to achieve their best sense of wellbeing. She collaborates with clients to set meaningful goals and find practical ways to help them move forward.
She specializes in helping people who are navigating depression, anxiety, ADHD, relationship issues, life transitions, stress, postpartum, perimenopause/menopause, PTSD, and other common health concerns. Whether a client is feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or just not quite like themselves, beginning this journey can be a powerful step toward wellness, clarity, confidence, and connection.
Outside of work, she loves spending time with her husband, 2 kids, and dogs. She finds joy in being outdoors and getting lost in a good book. She truly enjoys getting to know her clients and feels honored to be part of their journey.
If you’re ready to take the next step or just curious about how therapy might help, she’ll be happy to connect.
Tulsi Patel, DNP, CRNP-PMH
Tulsi is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Originally from California, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Dominican University of California. She completed her graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, earning her Doctor of Nursing Practice in the Psychiatric Mental Health track.
She has four years of experience as a registered nurse in adult psychiatric emergency services and adult inpatient psychiatry. Before earning her degrees, she worked as a direct support professional, caring for adults with developmental disabilities.
Tulsi believes that everyone deserves to feel heard, understood, and supported throughout their mental health journey. Her approach focuses on creating a comfortable, nonjudgmental environment where she can better understand each person’s unique experiences, challenges, and goals.
She strives to combine evidence-based psychiatric care with genuine conversation, curiosity, and compassion to develop individualized treatment plans. Her goal is to help patients feel better, understand themselves more clearly, and move forward with greater confidence at every stage of treatment.
Tulsi specializes in mood disorders, anxiety and trauma-related disorders, and psychotic disorders. She recognizes that seeking mental health support is a significant step toward taking charge of your well-being and is committed to creating a plan of care that fits your lifestyle, responsibilities, and personal preferences.
Outside of work, Tulsi enjoys spending time in nature, going on walks with her two cats, and trying new foods. She also loves travelling and learning about different communities and cultures.
Karen Baughman, PMHNP-BC
Karen was born and raised in Bedford, Pennsylvania. She obtained her Associate in Science degree from Allegany College of Maryland in 1995 and earned her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from American Sentinel University in 2017. In January 2024, she completed her Post-Master’s Certificate for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
Karen works as an Associate Professor of Nursing at Allegany College of Maryland. Most recently, she has worked with patients across the lifespan, but her passion lies in caring for children and individuals with special needs. She is passionate about helping others and aims to broaden awareness and treatment for patients with mental health disorders. Karen values a client-centered approach, listening to patients to provide individualized, empathetic care without bias.
Karen is married and has five children and five grandchildren. When not working, she loves to spend her free time with family and enjoys outdoor activities. She is also an animal lover and spends her days with her two golden retrievers, Max and Magi, and her Jack Russell mix, Lucy.
When in emotional distress, call:
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988
Maryland Crisis Hotline: 1-800-422-0009
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, available 24hrs/day: 800-273-8255