DiMango, a Brooklyn native, earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Brooklyn College at the City University of New York, as well as a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University. She received a Juris Doctor degree from the Saint John"s University School of Law.
DiMango was appointed as a Judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in 1995. She was appointed Acting Justice of the State Supreme Court, 2nd Judicial District in 1998. She was elected as a justice of the Supreme Court of Kings County in 2002.
DiMango is one of the three judges on the panel court show Hot Bench, created by Judge Judy Sheindlin, which debuted in September 2014.
She is mentioned in a New Yorker article regarding Kalief Browder, a 16-year-old who spent over three years in Rikers Island awaiting trial. According to the article, DiMango was the presiding judge who released Browder on his 31st court appearance.
