The series stars Raven-Symoné, Issac Ryan Brown, Navia Robinson, Jason Maybaum, Sky Katz, and Anneliese van der Pol for its first four seasons. The series centers on Raven Baxter, a divorced mother of preteen twins, living with her childhood best friend Chelsea and her son Levi in Chicago, Illinois. Raven possesses psychic abilities, able to glimpse "visions" of the future.
Best friends Raven and Chelsea, both divorced single mothers, are raising their children in an apartment together in Chicago. Raven's son Booker has inherited the same psychic abilities as his mother. In the fifth season, Raven and Booker temporarily relocate to Raven's hometown of San Francisco to care for Raven's father Victor after he suffers a mild heart attack.