Ad astra per alia porci is the personal website of Rohan Parikh, aspiring adventurer, avid cyclist, amateur musician and photographer, and environmental advocate.

Rohan Parikh studies public policy and management at the University at Albany's Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, where he focuses on urban issues. Rohan has studied sociology and anthropology at Swarthmore College, interned with United States Senators Kirsten E. Gillibrand and Charles E. Schumer, and been involved in grassroots and get out the vote efforts in a number of campaign cycles. His interests lie in good government, sustainability, and community development. A résumé is available by request.

Literally "to the stars on the wings of a pig," Ad astra per alia porci was the personal motto of American writer, John Steinbeck. Throughout his career, Steinbeck used this motto along with the Pigasus stamp to symbolize himself as "earthbound but aspiring." To learn more, visit The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies.