FirstLight is About People

Tyler Hardin, Owner

Tyler is the owner of FirstLight Home Care’s Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky franchises. Born and raised in Greater Cincinnati, Tyler has dedicated more than a decade to helping local families receive compassionate, dependable care. He remains actively involved in daily operations, supporting his team and helping ensure that clients and their families feel valued, heard, and cared for.

Before owning FirstLight, Tyler worked in orthopedic sales and spent 14 years coaching varsity football. His desire to help others took on a deeply personal meaning in 2015, when his grandmother suffered a fall that broke her leg, back, and hip. His family wanted her to remain safe at home, but balancing work and other responsibilities made it difficult to provide the support she needed.

Bringing caregivers into his grandmother’s home was a difficult decision, and Tyler understands firsthand the trust it requires. The two caregivers his family welcomed treated her with love, patience, dignity, and compassion. Their care gave his grandmother the support she needed and his family the reassurance and breathing room they desperately needed. That experience inspired Tyler to become a FirstLight owner and offer other families the same comfort and peace of mind.

Since 2015, Tyler has brought that personal understanding to his leadership. He takes pride in being a present, engaged owner, with an active role in operations, caregiver selection, and supporting the families FirstLight serves. He understands the uncertainty that can accompany choosing care for a loved one and approaches those conversations with empathy and respect.

For Tyler, home care is more than a business-it is a commitment rooted in his own family’s experience. His grandmother’s caregivers continue to inspire the standard of care he strives to provide care that preserves dignity, builds trust, and treats every client like family.

Samantha Morgan, Onboarding & Training Director, Human Resources (HR) Manager

Samantha brings warmth, dedication, and a genuine love for people to everything she does at FirstLight Home Care — and it shows in every interaction she has with caregivers, clients, and families alike.

With an Associate’s Degree in Business and a Certificate in Automated Office Skills, Samantha spent many years serving her community in restaurant management, rising to the role of District Manager. That experience sharpened her leadership instincts, her eye for operations, and her deep belief that every person — whether a customer, an employee, or a client — deserves to feel valued and seen.

After her children were grown, Samantha followed a dream to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, where she found peace in the beauty of the mountains and built a new chapter as a short-term property manager. But her love for family and community eventually called her back home to Kentucky — and back to a career rooted in purpose.

When she is not advocating for caregivers or welcoming new team members through the door, you will find Samantha exactly where she loves to be most — surrounded by family. Football season is her favorite time of year. Come fall, the Morgan household fills up every Sunday with the sounds of the game, the smell of pumpkin spice coffee, and the kind of laughter that only comes from the people you love most. A proud Bengals fan through and through, she believes there is nothing better than gathering your people and cheering together — a feeling not so different, she will tell you, from what she gets to experience at work every day.

When the opportunity to join FirstLight Home Care arose, Samantha stepped into a world she had never worked in before. What she discovered surprised her. Sitting across from clients, listening to their stories, and embracing their journeys changed something in her. “I had no idea how rewarding this work would be,” she says. “I didn’t realize how much of an impact they would make on me.”

Now going on five years with FLHC, Samantha leads the Human Resources, Onboarding, and Training Department — working every day to ensure that the caregivers who walk through the door are not only prepared for the work ahead, but truly connected to the mission behind it. She believes that everyone has a love language, and that great care — whether it’s for a client, a caregiver, or a team — starts with understanding how people need to be shown that love.

For Samantha, showing up is everything. Showing up for a community that needs a helping hand. Showing up to listen. Showing up to make someone’s best day possible. It is, she will tell you, one of the most rewarding things she has ever done.

“Caring is our calling” — and for Samantha Morgan, that has never felt truer.