 She became Deputy Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands early in 2002 and became the first female Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands in November 2002.She was appointed to the Superior Court in May 2003 and resigned from that post in June 2011 to take up her current post in the District Court.On January 26, 2011, President Obama nominated Judge Mangloña to the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.