How to extract parent values and all child values from deserialized JSON, one record per child value, to a List<T>?

How do I extract parent values and all child values from deserialized JSON, one record per child value, to a List<T>?

Sample JSON:  json_sample.txt

So from the attached sample JSON we wish to add the following records to the  list:
Record 1:  aen: Y456789, studentID: 1016, need: MMM, rank: 1
Record 2:  aen: Y456789, studentID: 1016, need: PPP, rank: 2

All records with "needs : null" to be ignored and all "need": "Not Specified" to be ignored. Sample code below:



      CTFNeedDataBatch =
                           (from people in myJSON.content
                            select new NeedCTF
                            {
                                studID = people.StudentBasic.studentId.ToString(),
                                AEN= people.StudentBasic.aen.ToString(),
                                Code = (people.StudentSensitive.needs == null ? people.StudentSensitive.needs[0].need.ToString() : ""),
                                Priority = (people.StudentSensitive.needs == null ? people.StudentSensitive.needs[0].rank.ToString() : ""),
                            }).Where(w => w.Code != "").ToList();


The problem with this code is we are not getting any values from the "needs" element and even if we were, I doubt we would be getting more than one record from an element that has more than one need.